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		<title>Some Echinoderms Will Never Grow Up</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/05/some-echinoderms-will-never-grow-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 20:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not your typical Echinoderm. This female specimen of a Xyloplax seastar was collected along the Juan de Fuca Ridge off the coast of the state of Washington; it measures less than a quarter-inch (4 mm) and shows brooded embryos Some of us never grow up.  In fact I am writing this now in my Aquaman <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/05/some-echinoderms-will-never-grow-up/">Some Echinoderms Will Never Grow Up<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Some Echinoderms Will Never Grow Up avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>The Kingdoms of Science</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 19:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; BibliOdyssey is always full eclectic book art. Just what you need to achieve your geek fix for today.  Behold the illustrations from  &#8217;Dictionnaire Classique Des Sciences Naturelles&#8217; [1853] by PAJ Drapiez. Drapiez&#8217;s &#8216;Dictionnaire Classique Des Sciences Naturelles&#8217; is ostensibly an homage to the evolving scientific literature of the Enlightenment and the author was generous enough to <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/05/the-kingdoms-of-science/">The Kingdoms of Science<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='The Kingdoms of Science avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Mah on Oil&#8217;s Impact on Marine Invertebrates</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2010/08/chris-mah-on-oils-impact-on-marine-invertebrates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miriam Goldstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daniel Brown brought my attention to this Ocean Portal video featuring the Echinoblog&#8217;s Chris Mah on the potential impact of oil on the Gulf of Mexico&#8217;s marine invertebrates. (The video also features Daniel&#8217;s original echinoart!) For more on oil impacts, see Dr Bik&#8217;s recent posts on dispersant toxicity. <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2010/08/chris-mah-on-oils-impact-on-marine-invertebrates/">Chris Mah on Oil&#8217;s Impact on Marine Invertebrates<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Chris Mah on Oil&#8217;s Impact on Marine Invertebrates avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/71c182e635e772d1960c8084eb82f7d9?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Coral and Brittle Stars, Together Forever</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brittle star (red) entwines the branches of its lifelong coral partner (pink). Credit: L. Watling for NOAA/IE/URI I mean it, FOREVER!  No paper out yet but the abstract has sufficiently enticed me.  Mosher and Watling report that the species Phiocreas oedipus, an echinoderm that kills its father and marries it mother, is only found on <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/07/coral-and-brittle-stars-together-forever/">Coral and Brittle Stars, Together Forever<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Coral and Brittle Stars, Together Forever avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>TGIF: Echinoderms Aren&#8217;t So Bad</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/06/tgif-echinoderms-arent-so-bad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This animation from Daniel Brown at Biochemical Soul makes me come close to actually liking echinoderms.  Well..at least I still like them more than mammals.  Seriously, a great animation that clearly illustrates the development of starfish. <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/06/tgif-echinoderms-arent-so-bad/">TGIF: Echinoderms Aren&#8217;t So Bad<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='TGIF: Echinoderms Aren&#8217;t So Bad avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>It Must Be &#8220;Hump&#8221; Day in the Blogosphere</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/it-must-be-hump-day-in-the-blogosphere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 01:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Taylor at the Catologue of Organisms (one of the handful of blogs I rush to when I see an update in my Reader!) has a post on a really unique reproductive strategy in polychaetes, called epitoky, in the awesomely titled My Genitals Just Grew Eyes and Swam Away. Its quite astonishing, especially the bit <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/it-must-be-hump-day-in-the-blogosphere/">It Must Be &#8220;Hump&#8221; Day in the Blogosphere<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='It Must Be &#8220;Hump&#8221; Day in the Blogosphere avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/66f16fda7525df52d085b67feffaeb52?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>The 10 Greatest Web Videos of Marine Invertebrates</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/02/the-10-greatest-web-videos-of-marine-invertebrates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In no certain order&#8230; 10.  Those barnacles just ain&#8217;t feeding!  This is red hot barnacle copulation! Turn the lights down low, everything&#8217;s goin&#8217; to be just right&#8230; 9. Humboldt Squid are vicious, blood thirsty demons ready to rip the flesh off any living creature.  Of course I tend toward exaggeration 8. Beautiful? Definitely! Slow? Stunningly!  <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/02/the-10-greatest-web-videos-of-marine-invertebrates/">The 10 Greatest Web Videos of Marine Invertebrates<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='The 10 Greatest Web Videos of Marine Invertebrates avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Echinodermata Monographs</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/01/echinodermata-monographs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BibliOdyssey has some beautiful plates of echinoderms from manuscripts by Louis Agassiz from the 1840s. Check out their site for more and where to go to see the full works online. Sand dollar, more or less a flattened sea urchin. For more echinoderm fun, always check out the ECHINOBLOG! <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/01/echinodermata-monographs/">Echinodermata Monographs<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Echinodermata Monographs avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/66f16fda7525df52d085b67feffaeb52?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Kick off &#8217;09 with a Marine Invert Calendar and Clock</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SCAMIT (Southern California of Marine Invertebrate Taxonomists) has released the best calender of the year &#8211; a marine invertebrate calendar! Long time DSN reader Leslie Harris works at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and put together this calendar to help support, &#8220;a non-profit dedicated to educating &#38; supporting local taxonomists.&#8221; Not only <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/01/kick-off-09-with-a-marine-invert-calender-and-clock/">Kick off &#8217;09 with a Marine Invert Calendar and Clock<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Kick off &#8217;09 with a Marine Invert Calendar and Clock avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/66f16fda7525df52d085b67feffaeb52?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species: #25 Stalked Crinoids</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ #25 Stalked Crinoids (Phylum Echiondermata, Class Crinoidea, Sub Class Articulata) Sure we call them sea lilies but they&#8217;re no pansies.  While most people have nightmares about giant squid or shark, the denizens of the deep I fear are crinoids.  They may look innocent and flower-like but in them rest the beating heart of a <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2008/10/the-27-best-deep-sea-species-25-stalked-crinoids/">The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species: #25 Stalked Crinoids<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species: #25 Stalked Crinoids avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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