Why did only one genus of insects, Halobates, take to the high seas?

Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface and house a dizzying array of organisms. Mammals, birds, and all manner of fish can be commonly sighted at sea, but insects, the world’s most common animals, seem to be completely absent. Appearances can deceive, however, as 5 species of the ocean sk...

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Autores principales: Cheng, Lanna, Mishra, Himanshu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Unsolved Mystery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9007337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35417455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001570
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description Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface and house a dizzying array of organisms. Mammals, birds, and all manner of fish can be commonly sighted at sea, but insects, the world’s most common animals, seem to be completely absent. Appearances can deceive, however, as 5 species of the ocean skater Halobates live exclusively at the ocean surface. Discovered 200 years ago, these peppercorn-sized insects remain rather mysterious. How do they cope with life at the ocean surface, and why are they the only genus of insects to have taken to the high seas?
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spelling pubmed-90073372022-04-14 Why did only one genus of insects, Halobates, take to the high seas? Cheng, Lanna Mishra, Himanshu PLoS Biol Unsolved Mystery Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface and house a dizzying array of organisms. Mammals, birds, and all manner of fish can be commonly sighted at sea, but insects, the world’s most common animals, seem to be completely absent. Appearances can deceive, however, as 5 species of the ocean skater Halobates live exclusively at the ocean surface. Discovered 200 years ago, these peppercorn-sized insects remain rather mysterious. How do they cope with life at the ocean surface, and why are they the only genus of insects to have taken to the high seas? Public Library of Science 2022-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9007337/ /pubmed/35417455 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001570 Text en © 2022 Cheng, Mishra https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Why did only one genus of insects, Halobates, take to the high seas?
title_full Why did only one genus of insects, Halobates, take to the high seas?
title_fullStr Why did only one genus of insects, Halobates, take to the high seas?
title_full_unstemmed Why did only one genus of insects, Halobates, take to the high seas?
title_short Why did only one genus of insects, Halobates, take to the high seas?
title_sort why did only one genus of insects, halobates, take to the high seas?
topic Unsolved Mystery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9007337/
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