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Jun 4 2018, 02:12 PM
Is there any way I could get barnacles to fully terrestrialize? They lack a heart, gills and any kind of circulatory system. Oxygen just passes through them because they are so small. But this wont work for a fully terrestrial animal.
borrow a page from lungless salamanders, perhaps? or from other terrestrial critters that breathe through their skins?
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Jun 4 2018, 02:12 PM
Is there any way I could get barnacles to fully terrestrialize? They lack a heart, gills and any kind of circulatory system. Oxygen just passes through them because they are so small. But this wont work for a fully terrestrial animal.
borrow a page from lungless salamanders, perhaps? or from other terrestrial critters that breathe through their skins?
Yeah, but those are all super tiny. I am not aiming for megafaunal copepods, but I still want them to cover a similar size range as insects or arachnids
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Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates
Last one crawling: The last arthropod

ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess)

Potential ideas-
Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized.
Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

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Jun 4 2018, 02:12 PM
Is there any way I could get barnacles to fully terrestrialize? They lack a heart, gills and any kind of circulatory system. Oxygen just passes through them because they are so small. But this wont work for a fully terrestrial animal.
borrow a page from lungless salamanders, perhaps? or from other terrestrial critters that breathe through their skins?
Yeah, but those are all super tiny. I am not aiming for megafaunal copepods, but I still want them to cover a similar size range as insects or arachnids
its a starting point, not an endpoint. (though i didn't realize lungless salamanders were smaller than insects)
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Rodlox
Jun 4 2018, 03:52 PM
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Jun 4 2018, 02:52 PM
IIGSY
Jun 4 2018, 02:12 PM
Is there any way I could get barnacles to fully terrestrialize? They lack a heart, gills and any kind of circulatory system. Oxygen just passes through them because they are so small. But this wont work for a fully terrestrial animal.
borrow a page from lungless salamanders, perhaps? or from other terrestrial critters that breathe through their skins?
Yeah, but those are all super tiny. I am not aiming for megafaunal copepods, but I still want them to cover a similar size range as insects or arachnids
its a starting point, not an endpoint. (though i didn't realize lungless salamanders were smaller than insects)
No, lungless salamanders are not smaller than insects, but they are pretty tiny nontheless. Also, they need to live in moist environments to survive.
Projects
Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates
Last one crawling: The last arthropod

ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess)

Potential ideas-
Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized.
Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

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Does competition and ecological influence increase with physical size? I need a good reason to cut my evolutionary history down to larger life, or it'll be an ultra-inclusive nightmare.
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Does competition and ecological influence increase with physical size? I need a good reason to cut my evolutionary history down to larger life, or it'll be an ultra-inclusive nightmare.
I'm sorry, but what exactly are you asking here?
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Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates
Last one crawling: The last arthropod

ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess)

Potential ideas-
Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized.
Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

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Phylogeny of the arthropods and some related groups


In honor of the greatest clade of all time


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Jun 4 2018, 02:52 PM
IIGSY
Jun 4 2018, 02:12 PM
Is there any way I could get barnacles to fully terrestrialize? They lack a heart, gills and any kind of circulatory system. Oxygen just passes through them because they are so small. But this wont work for a fully terrestrial animal.
borrow a page from lungless salamanders, perhaps? or from other terrestrial critters that breathe through their skins?
Yeah, but those are all super tiny. I am not aiming for megafaunal copepods, but I still want them to cover a similar size range as insects or arachnids
its a starting point, not an endpoint. (though i didn't realize lungless salamanders were smaller than insects)
No, lungless salamanders are not smaller than insects, but they are pretty tiny nontheless. Also, they need to live in moist environments to survive.
that second part is pretty much true of anything that is starting to emerge from the tidepools...so i don't see why your barnacles are stuck.
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IIGSY
Jun 4 2018, 02:12 PM
Is there any way I could get barnacles to fully terrestrialize? They lack a heart, gills and any kind of circulatory system. Oxygen just passes through them because they are so small. But this wont work for a fully terrestrial animal.
borrow a page from lungless salamanders, perhaps? or from other terrestrial critters that breathe through their skins?
Yeah, but those are all super tiny. I am not aiming for megafaunal copepods, but I still want them to cover a similar size range as insects or arachnids
its a starting point, not an endpoint. (though i didn't realize lungless salamanders were smaller than insects)
No, lungless salamanders are not smaller than insects, but they are pretty tiny nontheless. Also, they need to live in moist environments to survive.
that second part is pretty much true of anything that is starting to emerge from the tidepools...so i don't see why your barnacles are stuck.
Uhh barnacles are sessile first of all. Second, I want my copepods to get passed the stage of "terrestrrial but need a moist environment". I want them to be able to live in different habitats such as deserts and stuff.

Oh, by the way, I meant copepods in my original question. Sorry for the confusion...
Edited by IIGSY, Jun 6 2018, 12:58 PM.
Projects
Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates
Last one crawling: The last arthropod

ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess)

Potential ideas-
Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized.
Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

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Phylogeny of the arthropods and some related groups


In honor of the greatest clade of all time


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All African countries can fit into Brazil
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Jun 4 2018, 02:12 PM
Is there any way I could get barnacles to fully terrestrialize? They lack a heart, gills and any kind of circulatory system. Oxygen just passes through them because they are so small. But this wont work for a fully terrestrial animal.
borrow a page from lungless salamanders, perhaps? or from other terrestrial critters that breathe through their skins?
Yeah, but those are all super tiny. I am not aiming for megafaunal copepods, but I still want them to cover a similar size range as insects or arachnids
its a starting point, not an endpoint. (though i didn't realize lungless salamanders were smaller than insects)
No, lungless salamanders are not smaller than insects, but they are pretty tiny nontheless. Also, they need to live in moist environments to survive.
that second part is pretty much true of anything that is starting to emerge from the tidepools...so i don't see why your barnacles are stuck.
Uhh barnacles are sessile first of all. Second, I want my copepods to get passed the stage of "terrestrrial but need a moist environment". I want them to be able to live in different habitats such as deserts and stuff.

Oh, by the way, I meant copepods in my original question. Sorry for the confusion...
the pun only hit me after I hit Send.

not all barnacles are sessile adults - some are wood-borers, after all.

and all barnacles are mobile in their youth.

and as to wanting them to live in different enviroments - that's terrific and great! but you can't get them there, if you surrender before ever getting them out of the tidal zone.

(though IRL amphibians - lungless and otherwise - need moist enviroments...and they still diversified into deserts and stuff)
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How hot can a planet be without evaporating all its oceans? What is the max temp?
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More or less correct, at the moment we feel we have more than enough staff and aren't expecting to make any promotions or recruitments in the near future. Asking to be a moderator doesn't really have a negative impact on your chances, it just doesn't have any sort of positive effect either. Completely pointless.
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Is there any way I could get barnacles to fully terrestrialize? They lack a heart, gills and any kind of circulatory system. Oxygen just passes through them because they are so small. But this wont work for a fully terrestrial animal.
borrow a page from lungless salamanders, perhaps? or from other terrestrial critters that breathe through their skins?
Yeah, but those are all super tiny. I am not aiming for megafaunal copepods, but I still want them to cover a similar size range as insects or arachnids
its a starting point, not an endpoint. (though i didn't realize lungless salamanders were smaller than insects)
No, lungless salamanders are not smaller than insects, but they are pretty tiny nontheless. Also, they need to live in moist environments to survive.
that second part is pretty much true of anything that is starting to emerge from the tidepools...so i don't see why your barnacles are stuck.
Uhh barnacles are sessile first of all. Second, I want my copepods to get passed the stage of "terrestrrial but need a moist environment". I want them to be able to live in different habitats such as deserts and stuff.

Oh, by the way, I meant copepods in my original question. Sorry for the confusion...
the pun only hit me after I hit Send.

not all barnacles are sessile adults - some are wood-borers, after all.

and all barnacles are mobile in their youth.

and as to wanting them to live in different enviroments - that's terrific and great! but you can't get them there, if you surrender before ever getting them out of the tidal zone.

(though IRL amphibians - lungless and otherwise - need moist enviroments...and they still diversified into deserts and stuff)
I mean copepods not barnacles. Me saying barnacles before was a mistake
Projects
Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates
Last one crawling: The last arthropod

ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess)

Potential ideas-
Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized.
Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

Quotes


Phylogeny of the arthropods and some related groups


In honor of the greatest clade of all time


More pictures


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All African countries can fit into Brazil
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