Because of my previous trumpeting many of you may believe I scoff at anything non-mollusca. Untrue! I say! Indeed, I am friend of all invertebrate.…
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TGIF and Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Nudibranchs
I see that some are still trying to claim echinoderms are cooler. I see the evil order now even has their own blog. Thankfully we…
View More TGIF and Friday Deep-Sea Picture: NudibranchsCircus of the Spineless
If you can tolerate the obvious Echino-bias, personally it makes me want to puke, the latest Circus of the Spineless is up over at from…
View More Circus of the SpinelessNew Deep-Sea Communities From Whale Poo
A species of holothurian, Pannychia, swarms a whale fecal mound in the abyssal Pacific. When Miriam visited me last week at MBARI, we discussed over…
View More New Deep-Sea Communities From Whale PooOn Clearing Up Your Invertebrate Allegiance
Well it was only a matter of time before Miriam added the tunicates. Let me say that it has become crystal clear to me today…
View More On Clearing Up Your Invertebrate AllegianceThere Are Easily Over 100,000 Extant Mollusk Species…
…there are barely 7,000 echinoderms.
View More There Are Easily Over 100,000 Extant Mollusk Species…Invertebrate Battle Royal Roundup
The battle royal is on with several bloggers choosing colors. The whole thing got started when Sheril at the Intersucktion state “No contest! Cukes would…
View More Invertebrate Battle Royal RoundupYou Should Fear and Respect the Radula
Jim has decided that he will join the darkside for the Invertebrate Battle Royale. That’s fine! We wouldn’t want someone with such poor cognitive processes…
View More You Should Fear and Respect the RadulaEchinoderms, Cnidarians, & The Gastropods That Parasitize Them
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…
View More Echinoderms, Cnidarians, & The Gastropods That Parasitize ThemEchinoderms, Cnidarians, & The Gastropods That Parasitize Them
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…
View More Echinoderms, Cnidarians, & The Gastropods That Parasitize Them