The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species: #25 Stalked Crinoids
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By , on October 7th, 2008 4 comments   Uncategorized   , , ,  

#25 Stalked Crinoids (Phylum Echiondermata, Class Crinoidea, Sub Class Articulata) Sure we call them sea lilies but they’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 . . . → Read More: The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species: #25 Stalked Crinoids

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Echinoderms, Cnidarians, & The Gastropods That Parasitize Them
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By , on March 23rd, 2008 4 comments   Adaptations, Coral, Opinion & Editorial, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

The recent Invertebrate Wars reminded me of spectacular, but often ignored, group of gastropods. The parasites! This is a group that I have totally geeked out on in the past. In my previous work I have focused on the Ptenoglossa likely a paraphyletic or polyphyletic group, established originally of unspecified rank by Gray (1853). It . . . → Read More: Echinoderms, Cnidarians, & The Gastropods That Parasitize Them

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