Barnacle | Deep Sea News - Part 2

Adaptations Mating & Reproduction Organisms

On the study of crustaceous genitalia

Dr. M May 20, 2009 Barnacle chemical signals competition Crustacea Eric Charnov evolution Hermaphrodites Matt Hoch Penis Sex Week sperm thesis

Post by Matt Hoch. Dr. J. Matt Hoch is newly minted PhD from SUNY Stony Brook who is interested in the reproductive ecology and life…

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Opinion & Editorial Organisms

The 10 Greatest Web Videos of Marine Invertebrates

Dr. M February 22, 2009 Annelida Barnacle Cephalopod Coral deep sea Echinodermata feeding fish Giant Isopod girlfriends Invertebrate Octopus puppies rotifer salmon sex shark sponge video

In no certain order… 10. Those barnacles just ain’t feeding! This is red hot barnacle copulation! Turn the lights down low, everything’s goin’ to be…

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Mating & Reproduction New Research Organisms

Environment Shapes Barnacle Penis

Kevin Zelnio June 17, 2008 Barnacle Best of Zelnio Hermaphrodites Long Island Mating New York Penis Reproduction Rocky Intertidal Seasonality Semibalanus Sessile Sex Allocation Theory Trade-Offs Wave Exposure

Spring is in the air! Its the time of year to release your gametes into the water and make baby barnacles. But wait a second,…

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Opinion & Editorial Organisms

Another Blow to Sea Cucumbers and a New Challenger to the Ring

Kevin Zelnio March 21, 2008 Barnacle Cypris Darwin Mantis Shrimp Neolepas Penis Stalked Barnacle

Ed Yong over at Not Exactly Rocket Science ha an awesome post highlighting recent research on the unique vision of mantis shrimps. At the end…

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