In general, among Mollusks, the mouth opens into a buccal cavity. In most classes of Mollusks, the buccal cavity contains a tongue called the odontophore.…
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Don’t get me wrong this is pretty freakin’ sweet, but echinoderms are not the only large Antarctic sea creatures. But this is way cooler… That…
View More On How Molluscs are Cooler Than Echinoderms (or anything else) Pt. 2Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Beautiful Soft Bottom
More from Deepscape… Image 61 of sandy sediments at 970m in the Faroe-Shetland Channel with stalked glass sponges (white spots top), an unidentified fish, and…
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Sheril over at The Intersection seems to be confused about what the coolest invertebrate is. She goes so far as to call out PZ about…
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Talk about the potential effects of ocean acidification on deep-sea corals has me wondering the case of acid rain in North American lakes. This is something we understand much better.
View More The pH scaleWill ocean acidification affect deep-water corals?
The global ocean has already taken up half of the atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by humans over the last 200 years, so the ongoing effects of climate change are dampened. That’s right, you can thank the ocean for saving the planet so far.
View More Will ocean acidification affect deep-water corals?TGIF: Octopus Hatching
The deep-sea octopus, Bathypolypus arcticus, hatching. Dr. James Wood discusses the biology and ecology of the species here.
View More TGIF: Octopus HatchingFriday Deep-Sea Picture: Cirrate Octopus
Credit to NOC and Deepscape.org: Coarse rocky ground with cirrate octopus (Cephalopod) above the seabed taken at 1126m in the Faroe-Shetland Channel. Others great images…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Cirrate OctopusThe Deep Is A Wonderful Utopia For The Big and Small
Experiments in the deep sea are a novelty, like a healthy Southern breakfast. Mmm…biscuits…but I digress. If you want to run a experiment in the…
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Obviously, U-Haul has chosen a business model that will center on my future rentals. Then I stared the great beast in the eye You can…
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