There are all kinds of reasons why Paulo Bonifácio and Lénaïck Menot have nerd clout. There is, of course, the fact that they just described…
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Tag: Polychaete
Roger Norman Bamber (1949-2015)
I asked Tammy Horton, a noted expert on crustaceans, to write this post about the life of her colleague and friend Roger. Roger will be…
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I prefer my seafood without sperm, thank you
With the first taste of palolo I understood the Samoans’ love for it. Certainly it suggested a salty caviar, but with something added, a strong,…
View More I prefer my seafood without sperm, thank youThese are a few of my favorite species: Pig Butt Worm
This species bring a whole new meaning to butt face. It’s Latin name even means butt face. I jest… it actually means resembling a pig’s…
View More These are a few of my favorite species: Pig Butt WormNew nightmare fuel: the giant scaleworm Eulagisca
Giant isopods and vampire squid are sooooo last year. I bet you’re even sleeping through the night now without imagining sixgill sharks tearing at your…
View More New nightmare fuel: the giant scaleworm EulagiscaMore annelid than anaconda
Once upon a time in 1993, when I was imbibing my sophomore year at college in Australia – drinking in the knowledge, so to…
View More More annelid than anacondaThe Best New Species of 2009
Each year the International Institute for Species Exploration announces a list of the Top 10 New Species for the preceding calendar year. Of the top…
View More The Best New Species of 2009New Species Friday 10/30/09 – Ophryotrocha fabriae
Say hello to my little fried… In fact, this guy is so small you might have missed if you didn’t use the right sieve mesh…
View More New Species Friday 10/30/09 – Ophryotrocha fabriaeIt Must Be “Hump” Day in the Blogosphere
Christopher Taylor at the Catologue of Organisms (one of the handful of blogs I rush to when I see an update in my Reader!) has…
View More It Must Be “Hump” Day in the BlogosphereTGIF: Polychaete
Errant polychaete from a Pacific coast kelp holdfast; filmed during an Invertebrate Zoology lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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