Comments on: On How Non-Cephalopod Mollusks are “Really Cool” http://deepseanews.com/2008/04/on-how-non-cephalopod-mollusks-are-really-cool/ All the news on the Earth's largest environment. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:38:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eric@heupel.com http://deepseanews.com/2008/04/on-how-non-cephalopod-mollusks-are-really-cool/comment-page-1/#comment-2632 eric@heupel.com Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:17:04 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2008/04/on-how-non-cephalopod-mollusks-are-really-cool/#comment-2632 It's sometimes a trip looking back at old maps of Chesapeake Bay and Long Island Sound seeing the Oyster Reefs marked on them as "navigational hazards" since they were so large and close to the surface. I don't recall any echinoderms which could filter up to 10L of water/gram tissue AND create highly complex 3D habitat, ecosystem engineering...shelter form currents for fish, enhanced survival of crabs in nearby burrows... It’s sometimes a trip looking back at old maps of Chesapeake Bay and Long Island Sound seeing the Oyster Reefs marked on them as “navigational hazards” since they were so large and close to the surface.

I don’t recall any echinoderms which could filter up to 10L of water/gram tissue AND create highly complex 3D habitat, ecosystem engineering…shelter form currents for fish, enhanced survival of crabs in nearby burrows…

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