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Friday Deep Sea Picture: Ninja Hydromedusa!

Kevin Zelnio July 4, 2008 Antarctica Bristleworm Hydromedusa jelly National Geographic Polychaete Shrimp Weddell Sea worm

From National Geographic’s new Translucent Creatures photo gallery: A hydromedusa spreads its luminescent tentacles in the Weddell Sea near Antarctica. Photograph by Ingo Arndt/Minden Pictures.…

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Hydromedusa Mounts Ninja Style Invasion

Kevin Zelnio June 30, 2008 Asexual Ballast Best of Zelnio Dispersal Genetics Heterochrony Hydroid Hydromedusa Invasion Medusa Phenotypic Plasticity Polyp Reproduction Transdifferentiation Turritopsis

Dr. Maria Pia Miglietta, a postdoc in my lab at Penn State, just published a fascinating paper on a “silent invasion” happening around the world’s…

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