Take a break from the madness of #blackfriday2018 & marvel at these swimming sea cucumbers, seen during recent #Okeanos expedition: https://t.co/HneVxh2JiI pic.twitter.com/MEYO9OKmQb — NOAA…
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Butt munchers
Some animals vent their anuses. And, no, I’m not referring to the act of waving a hand around ones posterior to diffuse the gaseous remnants…
View More Butt munchersMass Murder of Sea Cucumbers near the Deepwater Site
The ‘hidden’ ecological catastrophe is manifesting itself…. Starting yesterday night we have been seeing a large number of dead sea cucumbers floating on the surface.…
View More Mass Murder of Sea Cucumbers near the Deepwater SiteExaminer Taxonomy FAIL
Do I really need to point out the error here? At least they got it down to Kingdom correctly… Click on the image to go…
View More Examiner Taxonomy FAILSea Pigs
Everything you ever wanted to know about sea pigs (Holothuroidea: Scotoplanes sp.) from the Echinoblog. The best part is the gastropods parasites that love them…
View More Sea PigsOn 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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