http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/is-it-seaweed/ All the news on the Earth's largest environment. Wed, 23 May 2012 14:14:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/is-it-seaweed/comment-page-1/#comment-36728 Judy Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:43:09 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=4261#comment-36728 Sea cucumber ^__^ this is one of the defensive mechanisms of sea cucumbers. find out here ---http://video.kids.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/invertebrates-kids/sea-cucumber-kids.html Sea cucumber ^__^ this is one of the defensive mechanisms of sea cucumbers. find out here —http://video.kids.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/invertebrates-kids/sea-cucumber-kids.html

]]> http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/is-it-seaweed/comment-page-1/#comment-8514 Amy Wagner Fishing Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:51:47 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=4261#comment-8514 Wow that was really amazing I have never seen anything like that, it looks like sea weed but it also reminds me of an anemone because they too do that whole curling up thing except that they don't go and bury themselves in the sand. Wow that was really amazing I have never seen anything like that, it looks like sea weed but it also reminds me of an anemone because they too do that whole curling up thing except that they don’t go and bury themselves in the sand.

]]> http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/is-it-seaweed/comment-page-1/#comment-6705 Unidentified weirdness Sun, 10 May 2009 19:52:43 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=4261#comment-6705 [...] on the identity of this bad boy over at DSN ranged from some sort of cnidarian (like a soft coral or anemone) to a sea cucumber or even some [...] [...] on the identity of this bad boy over at DSN ranged from some sort of cnidarian (like a soft coral or anemone) to a sea cucumber or even some [...]

]]> http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/is-it-seaweed/comment-page-1/#comment-6700 keir Sun, 10 May 2009 08:36:11 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=4261#comment-6700 Another vote for sea cucumber/ holothurian - it appears to have five main "branches", the oral feeding structures, which accords with the pentaradial body plan of sea cucumbers. Another vote for sea cucumber/ holothurian – it appears to have five main “branches”, the oral feeding structures, which accords with the pentaradial body plan of sea cucumbers.

]]> http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/is-it-seaweed/comment-page-1/#comment-6682 Liza J Fri, 08 May 2009 05:22:14 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=4261#comment-6682 My first guess would be that it's some kind of sea cucumber. The burrowing sea cucumbers at my work behave in the same way when disturbed. My first guess would be that it’s some kind of sea cucumber. The burrowing sea cucumbers at my work behave in the same way when disturbed.

]]> http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/is-it-seaweed/comment-page-1/#comment-6678 Peter Thu, 07 May 2009 22:10:19 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=4261#comment-6678 Bob makes a good case for cnidaria. This one is a pretty close match: http://www.starfish.ch/Fotos/cnidarians-Nesseltiere/corals-Korallen-Anthozoa/hexacorallia-Hexakorallen/sea-anemones-Seeanemonen/Actinodendron-glomeratum2.jpg Bob makes a good case for cnidaria. This one is a pretty close match: http://www.starfish.ch/Fotos/cnidarians-Nesseltiere/corals-Korallen-Anthozoa/hexacorallia-Hexakorallen/sea-anemones-Seeanemonen/Actinodendron-glomeratum2.jpg

]]> http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/is-it-seaweed/comment-page-1/#comment-6676 Bob Abela Thu, 07 May 2009 20:48:00 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=4261#comment-6676 Not sure I would touch it with my bare hands, appears to be a branching aneomones (Achinodendron sp). Not sure I would touch it with my bare hands, appears to be a branching aneomones (Achinodendron sp).

]]> http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/is-it-seaweed/comment-page-1/#comment-6675 Kevin Z Thu, 07 May 2009 20:43:33 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=4261#comment-6675 Sea cuke Sea cuke

]]> http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/is-it-seaweed/comment-page-1/#comment-6673 Jason R Thu, 07 May 2009 20:08:43 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=4261#comment-6673 Just speculating, but maybe it is the chelonibranch of a <a href="http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0000265/Spec/Testudinata.html" rel="nofollow">buried arsegill sea turtle</a>? Just speculating, but maybe it is the chelonibranch of a buried arsegill sea turtle?

]]> http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/is-it-seaweed/comment-page-1/#comment-6672 planktongrl Thu, 07 May 2009 18:36:33 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=4261#comment-6672 My vote is for a holothurian (sea cucumber). Anyone send this to ChrisM at the Echinoblog? My vote is for a holothurian (sea cucumber). Anyone send this to ChrisM at the Echinoblog?

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