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Compound eye structure in trilobites, and these significances in adaptive radiation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K03736
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 17050:Biogeosciences-related
Research InstitutionShizuoka University

Principal Investigator

Suzuki Yutaro  静岡大学, 理学部, 准教授 (50345807)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 生田 領野  静岡大学, 理学部, 准教授 (60377984)
椎野 勇太  新潟大学, 自然科学系, 准教授 (60635134)
Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords三葉虫 / 複眼視覚 / 視野範囲 / 形態視 / 動体視 / 複眼 / 進化形態学 / 形態解析
Outline of Research at the Start

三葉虫類は初期古生代に高い種多様性を達成した象徴的な絶滅節足動物であり,化石として保存される複眼にも著しい適応放散を反映した形状の多様化が認められる.どのような視覚特性の多様化が起きていたのだろうか,この進化生物学的な疑問に答えるべく,骨格形態の概形,そして複眼の形状や体サイズ比が著しく異なる検討対象種で種特異的な視覚特性の成熟プロセスを解明する.これらの結果によって得られる複眼形状 -形成プロセス-視覚特性の関係を踏まえて三葉虫類の視覚特性の進化多様性を読み解いてゆく.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is strongly suggested that the acquisitions of convex tergite morphology in trilobites lead to a higher flexibility in the positioning of the viewpoint relative to the sea floor, ultimately resulted in the differentiation and diversification of compound eye visual characteristics. Species with flat exoskeletal morphology had a wide anteroposterior and dorsal visual field and comparatively low ubiquity in resolution and photoreceptive capacity. Species with more or less convex exoskeleton vice versa. From the evolutionary perspectives, this is likely due to the spatial restriction of the visual field, which resulted easier to tune up the directionality of spatial resolution and photon-collecting ability.
The famous trilobite-evolutionary trend, the opposing diversity trend with decreasing taxonomy versus increasing morphological variabilities during the Ordovician, is likely be related with the effects of convex exoskeletal morphology on visual characteristics.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

古くから蓄積されてきた化石記録にもとづいて興味深い生物進化のテンポやパターンが指摘されてきているが,なぜこのような傾向が生まれたのか,理由や要因に迫ることは極めて困難であった.化石生物の生体生理特性にもとづく検討を行うことで
それらのテンポやパターンの理由に言及している点が本研究の学術的意義でもあり,さらに社会的にも興味が抱かれる生物進化の諸現象について,時間軸に則った形態変化に対してこれらの成立理由を伴った形で明示することは大変意義深いと考えられる.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Invited: 1 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] How credible are earthquake predictions that are based on TEC variations?2022

    • Author(s)
      Ikuta, R, & Oba, R.,
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

      Volume: - Issue: 3

    • DOI

      10.1029/2021ja030151

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A new trilobite fauna from the Middle Permian of the Kitakami Mountains/Northeast Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Flick, U. & Shiino, Y.,
    • Journal Title

      Palaeontographica Abteilung A

      Volume: 320 Issue: 4-6 Pages: 87-135

    • DOI

      10.1127/pala/2021/0115

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 大きな複眼と広いanterior arcを備えるNileus armadillo2024

    • Author(s)
      小郷瑞貴・鈴木雄太郎・平野広大
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会2024年年会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] B07 底質への低依存性絶滅ベントスの複眼視覚特性:Hadromeros三葉虫でのケーススタディ.2023

    • Author(s)
      鈴木雄太郎,生田領野,安東知夕里
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会第172回例会(九州大学)
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 三葉虫の多様性と複眼構造-機能特性-.2022

    • Author(s)
      鈴木雄太郎
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会2022年年会・総会(金沢大学)シンポジウム「節足動物の進化学-デザインと種の超多様性」
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] 古生物学の百科事典2022

    • Author(s)
      鈴木雄太郎(分担執筆)
    • Total Pages
      754
    • Publisher
      丸善出版
    • ISBN
      9784621307588
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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