Errant polychaete from a Pacific coast kelp holdfast; filmed during an Invertebrate Zoology lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Deep-corals are world’s oldest animal
It hasn’t been too long since Brendan Roark first reported that deep-sea corals off Hawaii are clocking in as the world’s oldest animal. At four…
View More Deep-corals are world’s oldest animal100 Word Post: Hurdia victoria
Anomalocaris ruled the Cambrian seas but apparently so did a twenty centimenter cousin. Hurdia victoria, originally described in 1912, was known from just a jumble…
View More 100 Word Post: Hurdia victoriaNerve Toxins In The Deep
Some of the species in the genus Pseudo-nitzschia are nasty little diatoms. They produce domoic acid, a neurotoxin typically to blame for all sorts of…
View More Nerve Toxins In The DeepSex For Flatworms is Both Love and War
From the video, “It’s known as penis fencing, and the worms are the swordsmen” Potentially NSFW if having the word the penis said a dozen…
View More Sex For Flatworms is Both Love and WarDracula Fish From Myanmar Doesn’t Vant to Suck Your Blood
Not deep sea but awesome nonetheless! The Full story is National Geographic News. “Despite their ghoulish appearance, the fangs likely aren’t used for feeding. “We…
View More Dracula Fish From Myanmar Doesn’t Vant to Suck Your BloodFriday Deep-sea Picture: Illustrator James Jean
Talented illustrator and Fables cover artist James Jean has a blog called ProcessRecess (awesome) where he’s showcasing different versions of an award winning series of…
View More Friday Deep-sea Picture: Illustrator James JeanWarfare Ecology
Six months ago in the yesteryear of 2008, Machlis and Hanson outlined in Bioscience a new subfield of study titled warfare ecology. As the authors…
View More Warfare EcologyBasically How I Feel About a Squidless Watchmen Movie
Like Hitler says, “Its like giving money to a hooker for housecleaning…”
View More Basically How I Feel About a Squidless Watchmen MovieTGIF: Strange Blanket Octopus
This video of a swimming Tremoctopus or “blanket octopus” was shot in the Gulf of Mexico in 180 feet of water at Eugene Island South…
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