Barnacle

Crustacean Evolution Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Deep-Sea Barnacle Genomics. Because, #DarwinDay

When Darwin got down and dirty with his work on Barnacles (1846-1854), everyone still assumed there was no life at all in the deep sea.…

Adaptations Biology Coral Reef Crustacean Evolution Organisms

A Narrative of Coral-Dwelling Barnacles With the Aid of Internet Memes

Dr. M August 17, 2014 Barnacle Coral evolution genetic Meme phylogenetic

Not everything on a coral is actually a coral. Embedded into the hard coral’s surfaces are nearly 100 species of specialized barnacles—the Pyrgomatidae. New work…

Biology Development Ecology Evolution Intertidal

The all seeing, all knowing, eye of upside down barnacles

Dr. M June 17, 2014 Barnacle compound eye Eye eyespot reader question

Reader Jonathan W. wrote into DSN with this You guys are some of the most accessible in marine science, so I thought I pose this…

Evolution Social Sciences

Darwin Day Repost – Ex Omnia Conchis: Darwin And His Beloved Barnacles

Kevin Zelnio February 12, 2011 Archetype Barnacle Best of Zelnio Charles Darwin Cirripedes Cryptophialus Darwin Darwin Day Erasmus Darwin evolution Hermaphroditism HMS Beagle Homology John Hooker Lamarck Mr. Arthrobalanus On the Origin of Species Richard Owen Robert Chambers taxonomy Vestiges Zoonomia

This post was based on a talk I gave for Darwin Day last year at the Duke Marine Lab. Reposting in honor of Darwin Day.…

Adaptations Evolution New Research Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Barnacle Evolution I: Phylogeny Served Without Plates

Kevin Zelnio January 10, 2011 Barnacle Best of Zelnio Darwin evolution Hydrothermal Vent Morphology Phylogenetics shell Stalked Barnacle Systematics taxonomy

Barnacle evolution was recently rewritten by a large effort of Perez-Losada and colleagues in 2008. Using a combination of genes and morphological traits they rejected…

Reviews

The silent destroyer, the floaty assassin

Miriam Goldstein October 2, 2010 Barnacle Comics

This gem courtesy of Herr Doktor Byrnes. Too bad they didn’t mention the barnacle’s other famous attribute.

Expeditions New Research Organisms Seamount

Update on NOAA Expedition in the Indian Ocean

Dr. M July 19, 2010 Barnacle cirri exploration indonesia Kawio Barat NOAA Okeanos Explorer Seamount Sulawesi Volcano

The join Indonesia – U.S. exploration of the deep ocean north of Sulawesi, Indonesia mapped the large undersea volcano Kawio Barat. From base to summet…

Mating & Reproduction Organisms Social Sciences

Ex Omnia Conchis: Darwin and His Beloved Barnacles

Kevin Zelnio February 16, 2010 Archetype Barnacle Best of Zelnio Charles Darwin Cirripedes Cryptophialus Darwin Day Erasmus Darwin evolution Hermaphroditism HMS Beagle Homology John Hooker Lamarck Mr. Arthrobalanus On the Origin of Species Richard Owen Robert Chambers taxonomy Vestiges Zoonomia

As part of Darwin Day on Friday, I gave a brief talk at Duke Marine Lab during happy hour about Darwin and his beloved barnacles.…

Expeditions Geology Organisms

NE Pacific Expedition Day 8 & 9

Kevin Zelnio September 4, 2009 Asteroid Barnacle Caldera Coral echinoderm Gastropod Gorda Ridge Hydrothermal Vent inactive hydrothermal vents invertebrates Juan de Fuca lava flow North Cleft President Jackson Seamount Rusticles Sea Star stormy seas Weather

[mappress] We dove Wednesday on North Cleft (45.030268, -130.182166), a massive ravine over 100 meters deep and a few hundred meters wide formed by the…

Mating & Reproduction Organisms

Barnacle Sex

Dr. M May 20, 2009 Barnacle Randy Olson sex Sex Week

No sex week would be complete without the showing of Randy Olson’s seminal film, Barnacles Tell No Lies (1991)

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