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By: Bi-polar Invertebrata-ta | Deep Sea News

Bi-polar Invertebrata-ta | Deep Sea News — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:32:57 +0000

[...] This is the International Polar Year. Listen to an interview with Dr. D’Or and read the full story about the bi-polar invertebrata-ta at BBC News. Watch Cliona in action, swimming on a Japanese game show here. [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:53:09 +0000

Awesome video…very fun!
I think this one goes up as part of a video intro to molluscs for the next invert bio course.

But, Kevin, dissin’ the porifera?
Is that the pulled pork speaking?

By: Aeolius

Aeolius — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:11:22 +0000

Posted by: Kevin Z – “Sponges aren’t *real* animals anyways. just figments of our imagination.”

Whooooo…… lives in a pineapple under the sea?

By: Michael Robinson

Michael Robinson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:22:11 +0000

Enough about invertebrates, what about the tv show? I want to know the mental process by which a Japanese producer looks footage of a pteropod and thinks: lets cue up that music from Ringu and Damien III. Then we’ll put a laugh track over it. Perfect!

By: Kevin Zelnio

Kevin Zelnio — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:16:19 +0000

They are more a consortia of protists and other microfauna that build a home to live in. Kind of like a commune.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:13:42 +0000

Kevin – I don’t believe it..!! You dissing an invertebrate group……

By: Kevin Z

Kevin Z — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:45:13 +0000

Sponges aren’t *real* animals anyways. just figments of our imagination.

By: Christopher Taylor

Christopher Taylor — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:15:57 +0000

Nothing, I believe. The sponge genus is Cliona, not Clione.

Both genera did have a family Clionidae named for them, though, with the gastropod Clionidae in the lead. I believe the sponge family is now Clionaidae.

By: Kevin Zelnio

Kevin Zelnio — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:10:55 +0000

Wait you want content and facts??? I don’t have time for that! lol

Its a pteropod, genus Clione. Coincidentally Clione is also a sponge genus, but the pteropod has priority. Not sure what happened to the sponge name…

By: Christopher Taylor

Christopher Taylor — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:06:58 +0000

Do you have an ID? Is that some sort of pteropod or something?