People accept the idea of echinoderm predation on shallow reef building corals. The voracious Crown of Thorns seastar Acanthaster planci is a familiar coral antagonist…
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TGIF Bonus: Cuttlefish Eats Octopus
It is hard to know what to cheer for here
View More TGIF Bonus: Cuttlefish Eats OctopusTGIF: Pistol Shrimp
Wicked cool. Hat tip to the Crust-L.
View More TGIF: Pistol ShrimpThings that eat coral
People eat sea anemones and jellyfish, but they would have to be seriously, deliriously, Castaway hungry to eat a coral. Or else corals would have been gone long ago. But, … this does NOT mean coral is without natural enemies.
View More Things that eat coralOn How Mollusks are Cooler Than Echinoderms (or anything else) Pt. 3: The Radula
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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