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A Nudi on David’s Wood
David is a graduate student in my lab. He wants to know what types of animals colonize wood and whale bones in the deep sea and if we can find similar critters in shallow waters using the same...
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Even Tiny Copepods Are More Awesome Than a Slimey Mollusc
Sam over at Oceanographer’s Choice knows what is up. There really is no way anything other than a member of the Arthropoda could even be considered the most awesomest invert on the scene. I mean there...
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New Bathyacmaea
This is a new species of Bathyacmaea (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Patellogastropoda, Acmaeidae) currently under description by a japanese colleague. I have found hundreds of these individuals in my...
View ArticleLynx Nudibranch Mows Down Some Hydroids
Hat tip to Fish and Aquatic News. From one of my favorite Vimeo uploaders Morphologic Studios. ‘The Lynx Nudibranch’ from MORPHOLOGIC on Vimeo. ‘The Lynx Nudibranch’ (Natural History Episode 14) Last...
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Attack of the “Sea Angel” Pteropods!!!
[Update 19 Aug 17:20: Sofia sent me a photo of the liter o’ Clione and I have added it below. BEHOLD THE GLORY.] Number 2 in my series of posts from my tall ship cruise from Hawaii to California this...
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Leaping Squid
At bookofjoe there is a nice write up about squid flying out of water. The 2004 paper’s authors argue that “gliding” is too passive a term to describe what squid do when they leave the ocean for the...
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The Kingdoms of Science
BibliOdyssey is always full eclectic book art. Just what you need to achieve your geek fix for today. Behold the illustrations from ‘Dictionnaire Classique Des Sciences Naturelles’ [1853] by PAJ...
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Can Bivalves Kick It? Yes they can!
Starting around 540 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion many animal phyla, including the freshest of them all—bivalves, came into existence. Within ~100 million years, bivalves gained...
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Sure this is a terrestrial snail and this is a marine blog. But c’mon I’m a malacologist and snails and dubstep are a natural pairing The post SNAIL! first appeared on Deep Sea News.
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Malacology Monthly: Pilot Episode
Photo by Santabanta.com Like seashells but are sick of social media? Hate Facebook but need a hearty dose of marine invertebrates? Want a bigger malacological meal rather than tiny tidbits of...
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