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Car-sized ball of squid eggs filmed off the coast of Turkey

RR Helm July 24, 2015

Oh July 9th, 2015 a group of lucky divers happened upon something truly remarkable–A 4-meter-wide clear sphere floating off the coast of a small town in Turkey.…

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OMG Its A Monster From the Deep…Or It’s A Colossal Squid

A Russian trawler for Patagonian Toothfish, probably in the Antarctic Seas, caught video of a Colossal Squid. The squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, was feeding on one of longlined…

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The Science of Sea Bunnies: You’ll Never Believe The Top Ten List We Created To Get You To Visit Our Website.

Dr. M July 19, 2015 does anybody actually read these tags Easter Japan mollusk Nudibranch sea bunny what other tags should I use why do I even make these tags

Recently a friend brought to my attention that the Internet was losing its collective mind over “sea bunnies”. Googling, “sea bunny” I found articles at International Business Times,…

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Digital Seashells and David Raup

Dr. M July 16, 2015 Gastropod logarithimic spiral mathematics Morphology morphospace Raup shell model Snail

My love of snail shells did not begin at a young age. This is not a story of a 6-year old boy discovering his first…

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Malacology Monthly: Cephalopod Compendium

Douglas Long May 6, 2015 Argonauta Cephalopod Crusty nautilus Cuttlebone cuttlefish evolution Nautilus Octopus paper nautilus psittacine dietary calcium supplement ram's Horn Squid Spirula squid tentacles

Even if you don’t care much for marine invertebrates, you gotta love Cephalopods. Squid, octopus, nautilus, cuttlefish, they have the stylish panache and quirky evolutionary…

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Malacology Monthly: Pilot Episode

Douglas Long April 8, 2015 bivalve cephalopods evolution gastropods malacology marine biology conchology Mollusca mollusks Morphology seashell shells

Like seashells but are sick of social media? Hate Facebook but need a hearty dose of marine invertebrates? Want a bigger malacological meal rather than…

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Super Colossal

Douglas Long April 8, 2015 Antarctica Colossal Squid deep sea Mesonychoteuthis New Zealand sperm whale squid Te Papa

Twelve years ago this month, a super squid was captured. On April 1, 2003, a massive squid was pulled up from the sub-antarctic waters south…

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Malacology Monday

Douglas Long March 9, 2015 Gary Busey malacology mineralization molluscs mollusks sea shells shells taxonomy

You already know that Deep Sea News provides expert reporting, in-depth analysis, first-person research, and sarcastic mockery of contemporary topics relevant to our ocean world.…

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Putting snails in the microwave…for science!

Holly Bik November 20, 2014 DNA Barcoding gastropods genomics microwave sampling snails

Yahoo answers tells me I shouldn’t put snails in the microwave, but this paper tells me otherwise: Galindo LA, Puillandre N, Strong EE, Bouchet P…

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These Are A Few Of My Favorite Species: Gasflame Nudibranch

Dr. M November 13, 2014 Nudibranch Sea Slug south africa Zulu

About 350 million years ago during the Carboniferous, a group of snails took a new evolutionary route, one that eventually resulted in a complete loss…