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are long arm prawns a living fossil
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 9:02 am
by prawnman88
i know horseshoe crabs are living fossil's but are rosenbergi or other's a very old species ? i look at pics and im thinking if something that nasty must be a survivor ? im jsut curious
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 8:56 am
by Mustafa
Macros are not living fossils. They developed from supposedly one marine ancestor about 10 million years ago. Considering the worldwide distribution of these shrimp I would not be surprised if several, closely related marine shrimp were the ancestors of macros.
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 9:18 am
by prawnman88
ok kool thank u mustafa well hey 10 million year under your belt is still better then our track record as being humans
