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…
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How Many Deep-Sea Nematodes Are There & Why We Many Never Know
A professor once told me that if you removed everything from earth and just left the nematodes you would still recognize the outlines of everything.…
View More How Many Deep-Sea Nematodes Are There & Why We Many Never KnowBull Patrol: NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED zOMG!
Inspired by the Are Headlines Hogwash? series at Dr. Carin Bondar’s wonderful blog, the editors at DSN (i.e. Kevin and I) have initiated a news…
View More Bull Patrol: NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED zOMG!How to Retard Scientific Progress
I found a great quote and analogy from an essay published in Current Biology by Peter Lawrence titled The Mismeasurement of Science. This essay takes…
View More How to Retard Scientific ProgressEx Omnia Conchis: Darwin and His Beloved Barnacles
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.…
View More Ex Omnia Conchis: Darwin and His Beloved BarnaclesMad Taxonomic Skillz III – Crustacean Hunt!
This week’s Mad Taxonomic Skillz challenge will utilize the awesome freely available resource for everything crustacean – Crustacea.net! We think that if crustaceans were easier…
View More Mad Taxonomic Skillz III – Crustacean Hunt!Mad Taxonomic Skillz Contest II – What Vent Worm Am I?
Clearly, last week’s Cephalopod Beak ID Contest was too easy! So This week’s contest is going to be a little harder. I’m testing you guys…
View More Mad Taxonomic Skillz Contest II – What Vent Worm Am I?The Cephalopod Beak Guide Contest
Due to popular demand and a limited run the authors of the Cephalopod Beak Guide for the Southern Ocean have their book freely available for…
View More The Cephalopod Beak Guide ContestCataloging Life On the Deep-Sea Floor
Over ten years ago Fred Grassle, a marine biologist with deep-sea tendencies, and Jesse Ausubel, program director for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, started conversing on…
View More Cataloging Life On the Deep-Sea FloorIsabel Farfante 1916-2009
As a taxonomist and marine biologist, it is very hard to lose “one of us”. There are not many around and each loss is a…
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