5. Complementary nature of structure and function

The anatomy and physiology of plants and animals illustrate the complementary nature of structure and function.

Associated Shape of Life Content

Molluscs: Octopus Catching Crab

Cnidarians: Life on the Move

Echinoderms: The Ultimate Animal

Molluscs: The Survival Game

Marine Arthropods: A Successful Design

Annelids: Powerful and Capable Worms

Sponges: Origins

Peter Ward, Paleontologist: The Ancient Nautilus

Geerat Vermeij, Evolutionary Biologist: Reading A Shell’s Story

Damhnait McHugh, Ecologist: Annelid Ecology

Ian Lawn, Neurobiologist: Anemone Nervous System

Gail Kaaialii, Marine Biologist: A Success Story: Echinoderms

Cristina Diaz, Taxonomist: Sponge Biology

Kristi Curry Rogers, Paleontologist: How Dinosaurs Grow

Jack Costello, Biologist: Why Jellyfish Swim

Ultimate Animal

Human Body Plan

Bilateral Body Plan

Annelids: Lumbricus, Earthworm

Annelids: Leeches

Annelids: Abarenicola, Burrowing Worm

Annelids: Diopatra, Tube-Dwelling Worm

Annelids: Terrebellid, Spaghetti Worm

Molluscs: Blue-Ringed Octopus Warning Coloration

Molluscs: Octopus Camouflage

Molluscs: Nautilus Regulates Its Buoyancy

Molluscs: Moon Snail Preys On Cockles

Molluscs: Pycnopodia Chases Abalone

Arthropods: Dragonfly Larva Hunts Newt

Arthropods: Blue Crab Molting

Echinoderms: Urchin Time-lapse Eating Kelp

Echinoderms: Sea Star Time-lapse: Pycnopodia Chases Snail

Echinoderms: Sea Star Time-lapse: Eating Dead Fish

Echinoderms: Sea Star Time-lapse: Eating Mussel

Echinoderms: Sea Star Time-lapse: Don Wobber’s Film

Flatworms: An Invasive Flatworm Hunts Earthworms

Cnidarians: Anemone Swims Away From Sea Star

Cnidarians: Anemones Fight

Cnidarians: Anemone Catches Goby

Mollusc Animation: Squid Body Plan

Echinoderm Animation: Five-part symmetry

Echinoderm Animation: Sea Star Body Plan

Sponges: Time-lapse of Sponge Cells Recombining

Sponges: Filter Feeding Made Visible

Mollusc Animation: Nautilus Body Plan

Mollusc Animation: Shell Repair

Mollusc Animation: Abalone

Marine Arthropod Animation: Body Plan

Annelid Animation: Body Plan

Flatworm Animation: Body Plan

Flatworm Animation: Tapeworm

Flatworm Animation: Reproduction

Cnidarian Animation: Polyp and Medusa

Nematocyst Animation: Fighting Tentacles

Nematocyst Animation: Feeding Tentacles

Cnidarian Animation: Anemone Body Plan

Sponge Animation: Spicules

Sponge Animation: Wild Ride Through a Sponge

Arthropod Locomotion: Engineering

Arthropod Animation: Millipede Breathing Tubes

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