The ‘Eye’ of the Vent Shrimp
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By , on April 1st, 2010 7 comments   Adaptations, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Rimicaris exoculata, from this Japanese website (click image) *Not to be confused with the hit song by Survivor. The vent shrimp Rimicaris exoculata (literally the Rift-shrimp deprived of eyes) swarms hydrothermal chimneys, with temperatures reaching over 350 C, en masse in the darkness of the deep sea. It has a certain peculiarity in that its . . . → Read More: The ‘Eye’ of the Vent Shrimp

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Shrimp Tails: Describing a New Species
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By , on August 20th, 2009 4 comments   New Research, New Species, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Dr. M was kind enough to mention and congratulate me on my first publication several months back. I just had two more papers published in the time since then! I always meant to give the back story on it but hadn’t the time while I madly finished writing my Masters degree. I’ve finished and got . . . → Read More: Shrimp Tails: Describing a New Species

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New Paper Teaser
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By , on February 19th, 2009 4 comments   Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , ,  

I just sent in the proofs to a paper that will come out in the next issue of the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. I won’t go into much detail till it becomes available in April, but here is a wordle to give you a clue. The species name is blacked out until . . . → Read More: New Paper Teaser

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