Neil writes, ” I got the tattoo shortly after SJ Gould’s death. I had settled on the design before he died so it’s not quite an homage but I did lift the picture from Wonderful Life. The original figure is by Marianne Collins I believe. The Cambrian “c” was added later, my long-range plan was/is for a whole paleozoic sleeve but I ran out of funding soon. I’d also like to get more ’stem’ taxa one of these days.”
Cambrian Crab
April 3rd, 2009 at 6:38 pm
You know… I disagree with the title of this post. Marella was in no way a “crab”. I mean, it is a stem arthropod… but where to place it within that clade is a matter of some controversy.