Solving the Mystery of the Placental Jellyfish
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By , on May 9th, 2012 53 comments   Organisms, Plankton   , , , , , ,  

Yesterday the DSN crew first saw the video above. What is this large floating sheet of goo? Is it alive? Was it once alive? The two leading contenders seems to be that it is A) an old whale placenta or B) a rare and enigmatic deep-sea jellyfish. And the answer is…. B) A) So . . . → Read More: Solving the Mystery of the Placental Jellyfish

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Pycnogonids, more than spiders of the sea
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By , on January 5th, 2010 4 comments   Adaptations, Biology, Mating & Reproduction, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

“Pet” Giant Pycnogonid attacking computer. Much of the earth’s biodiversity lies within the phylum Arthropoda. You are probably aware of many species within the group trilobites, spiders, centipedes, crabs, insects, lobsters, and whole other mélange of strange beasties. Throw a crab and you are likely to hit another arthropod. Scratch that as I cannot condone . . . → Read More: Pycnogonids, more than spiders of the sea

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“Sleezy” sponge sexuality
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By , on May 18th, 2009 4 comments   Mating & Reproduction, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Post by Amanda “not a sponge” Kahn. Amanda Kahn is currently a masters student at well-known Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, considered to be one of the west coast’s premier marine stations. Despite still being in her masters, she is quickly becoming the “go-to” person for deep-sea sponges. Let’s start off “sex week” with the steamy . . . → Read More: “Sleezy” sponge sexuality

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