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https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2016/10/ The Echinoblog: October 2016 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... october https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/ The Echinoblog: February 2011 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... february https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/ The Echinoblog: June 2011 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... june https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/true-meaning-of-aristotles-lantern.html?fbclid=IwAR3iuEO79-xzaAVhXSY33pNQSrxQFRRiaa1FaW3mueQCRxUXH3Ug2Lb7ZZY The Echinoblog: The TRUE (?) meaning of Aristotle's Lantern?? This week: fun ancient etymological mysteries!! Forget the true meaning of Christmas, What is the true meaning of Aristotle's Lante... meaning of true aristotle lantern https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/japanese-larval-echinoderm-videos.html The Echinoblog: Japanese Larval Echinoderm Videos! So, this week is kinda busy...but truth be told, awhile back I found these REALLY cool videos on Japanese YouTube and have just been ITCHIN... japanese videos https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/archaeological-echinoderm-pt-2-sea-eggs.html?m=1 The Echinoblog: Archaeological Echinoderm Pt. 2! Sea Eggs and St. Boniface's Pennies! ( Ovum anguinum by Pliny) So..whilst writing up the account earlier this week (go here to see pt. 1 about urchins in folklore) , I hit a... https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/ The Echinoblog: January 2012 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... january https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2015/12/ The Echinoblog: December 2015 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... december https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/10-of-weirdest-antarctic-invertebrates.html?showComment=1499930223883 The Echinoblog: 10 of the WEIRDEST Antarctic Invertebrates!! Last week the foks over at NewsWatch National Geographic proclaimed that they had the "5 Weirdest Antarctic species" . Hyperbole is all ... weirdest antarctic invertebrates https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2016/08/ The Echinoblog: August 2016 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... august https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/people-eating-starfish.html The Echinoblog: People Eating Starfish No..not starfish that eat people, but the other way around... I was sent one of the two videos below. Many have perhaps seen fried starfis... people eating starfish https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html The Echinoblog: About me... I am Dr. Chris Mah and I research the evolution and biology of asteroids (aka starfishes or sea stars). Here is a Google page that goes in... https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/ The Echinoblog: July 2016 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... july https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/some-colobocentrotus-diversity-aka.html The Echinoblog: Some Colobocentrotus diversity! (aka the Shingle or Helmet Urchins!) (photo by Emily Miller Kauai) So, recently I've gotten a bunch of questions about these peculiar sea urchins via email-and so I thought ... diversity aka shingle helmet urchins https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/ The Echinoblog: June 2013 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... june https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/ The Echinoblog: December 2010 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... december https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/ The Echinoblog: November 2015 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... november https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/tribute-legacy-of-cynthia-ahearn.html The Echinoblog: Tribute: The Legacy of Cynthia Ahearn Narcissia ahearnae (Ophidiasteridae) from the western Tropical Atlantic An obituary summarizing Cynthia Ahearn's passing is here . Thi... tribute legacy cynthia ahearn https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/ The Echinoblog: November 2016 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... november https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/saturday-night-what-is-this-thing.html?showComment=1361289904286 The Echinoblog: Saturday Night: WHAT is this thing? Working late alone in the lab, going through a dish of marine inverts collected from a random sample in the Pacific Ocean and you find...som... what is this saturday night thing https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tosia-times-two-discovering-new-cryptic.html?showComment=1433788052917 The Echinoblog: Tosia Times TWO! Discovering NEW CRYPTIC species of Australian Biscuit Stars! Image courtesy of Kate M. Naughton! Today, some neat science with a cool Australian starfish! Today's blog comes from my colleagues ... https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/five-things-you-live-with-as-taxonomist.html?showComment=1427087285945 The Echinoblog: Five Things you live with as a Taxonomist! Taxonomist Appreciation Day! What are taxonomists? Simply put, taxonomy is the subsection of biology that deals with assigning names to biological entities and a... five things live with https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/pteraster-kin-starfish-that-fight-back.html The Echinoblog: Pteraster & Kin- Starfish that FIGHT BACK with MUCUS! Everybody LOVES mucus! Yes! Don't deny it! What would our lives be without it? Dry, boring and unlubricated. I thought I would kick off t... fight back kin starfish mucus https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/ The Echinoblog: April 2012 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... april https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/ The Echinoblog: December 2013 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... december https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2009/ The Echinoblog: 2009 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/10-of-weirdest-antarctic-invertebrates.html?showComment=1571983336236 The Echinoblog: 10 of the WEIRDEST Antarctic Invertebrates!! Last week the foks over at NewsWatch National Geographic proclaimed that they had the "5 Weirdest Antarctic species" . Hyperbole is all ... weirdest antarctic invertebrates https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/commensal-crabs-ride-that-starfish.html The Echinoblog: Commensal Crabs RIDE that starfish!!! Thanks to Anna and BlennyWatcher.com ! This is probably the first time that these swimming crabs have been observed living commensally on... commensal crabs ride starfish https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2018/07/polychaeteday-2018-edition-swimming.html The Echinoblog: #PolychaeteDay 2018 Edition: Swimming Polychaete Worms! Photo by Karen Osborn So, Every July 1st is the, now posthumous, birthday of NMNH curator Kristian Fauchald, who was one of the most pr... edition swimming polychaete worms https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/dubious-honor.html The Echinoblog: A Dubious Honor... Sea Cucumbers are among MSNBC's top eight organisms that make you go "Ewwww". dubious honor https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/anal-cones-diadematid-sea-urchin.html The Echinoblog: ANAL CONES! Diadematid sea urchin mysteries! Echinothrix from Lembeh Strait Photo (above) by Efdixon Another day when pictures say more than words! What is an anal cone??? The ... sea urchin anal cones mysteries https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/4th-of-july-short-weekits-spiny.html The Echinoblog: 4th of July short week..its SEA URCHIN-SPINY Tropical Videos Today! Greetings! Sorry.. NSF grant deadline plus short week, plus other distractions equals Tropical Sea Urchin video heavy Echinoblog this week!... https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/the-worlds-oldest-multi-armed-starfish.html The Echinoblog: The world's OLDEST MULTI-ARMED Starfish!! A lesson in Starfish Evolution! (note that the scale bar is 10.0 mm) Today, a cool post with contributions from my colleague Dr. Liam Herringshaw who blogs at the... https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/brittle-stars-have-teeth-what-do-they.html The Echinoblog: Brittle Stars Have TEETH! What do they use them for? Brittle stars are everywhere. They are the most speciose of all the living echinoderms with over 2000 species (probably MUCH more than tha... brittle stars https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/the-sex-life-of-archaster.html The Echinoblog: The Sex Life of Archaster! Pseudocopulation in Sand Stars! (pics from the Excellent blog: the Tidechaser! ) Since this week leads up to Valentine's Day, I thought this would make a great time to t... sex life sand stars https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/ The Echinoblog: September 2012 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... september https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2015/04/its-sea-cucumber-spawning-time.html?showComment=1436549413475 The Echinoblog: Its Sea Cucumber Spawning Time! Image from the "FunSea" video below Springtime! Springtime! Springtime! When fertile sea cucumbers realize that its the season to begi... sea cucumber spawning time https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/ The Echinoblog: September 2008 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... september https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/10-of-weirdest-antarctic-invertebrates.html?showComment=1418939921443 The Echinoblog: 10 of the WEIRDEST Antarctic Invertebrates!! Last week the foks over at NewsWatch National Geographic proclaimed that they had the "5 Weirdest Antarctic species" . Hyperbole is all ... weirdest antarctic invertebrates https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/ The Echinoblog: December 2011 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... december https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/what-are-worlds-largest-starfish.html?showComment=1398246784206 The Echinoblog: What Are the World's LARGEST Starfish?? The other day, I was thinking of BIG stuff. and then, a bit later, I was thinking of STARFISH stuff. and then I thought of cake. (mmm.... world largest starfish https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/when-starfish-eat-too-much.html The Echinoblog: When Starfish Eat TOO MUCH!! Perhaps one of the unique qualities one sees in starfish is their propensity to devour things that are actually BIGGER then their own mouth ... starfish eat much https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2016/04/ The Echinoblog: April 2016 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... april https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tosia-times-two-discovering-new-cryptic.html?showComment=1272289065583 The Echinoblog: Tosia Times TWO! Discovering NEW CRYPTIC species of Australian Biscuit Stars! Image courtesy of Kate M. Naughton! Today, some neat science with a cool Australian starfish! Today's blog comes from my colleagues ... https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/ The Echinoblog: August 2008 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... august https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/saturday-night-what-is-this-thing.html?showComment=1361239306170 The Echinoblog: Saturday Night: WHAT is this thing? Working late alone in the lab, going through a dish of marine inverts collected from a random sample in the Pacific Ocean and you find...som... what is this saturday night thing https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/ The Echinoblog: January 2009 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... january https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-species-i-have-known-2011-update.html The Echinoblog: New species I have known.... 2015 UPDATE!!! (originally published Sept. 7, 2011) In 2009 (Sometimes even I can't believe how long I've been writing this blog!), I wrote a post that illustrated the results of my published... https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2012_09_01_archive.html The Echinoblog: September 2012 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... september https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/ The Echinoblog: May 2013 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... may https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/sea-starsstarfishestrella-de-mar-of.html The Echinoblog: Sea Stars/Starfish/Estrella de Mar of the tropical East Pacific- Baja California,... (this image by Arthur Anker!) The tropical East Pacific region, including Baja California/Mexico, Panama, to Ecuador and the Galapagos h... https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/10-of-weirdest-antarctic-invertebrates.html?showComment=1370958264343 The Echinoblog: 10 of the WEIRDEST Antarctic Invertebrates!! Last week the foks over at NewsWatch National Geographic proclaimed that they had the "5 Weirdest Antarctic species" . Hyperbole is all ... weirdest antarctic invertebrates https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/giant-monster-starfish-from-japan-pt-2.html?showComment=1246942070160 The Echinoblog: Another Giant Monster Starfish from Japan!! "Giant sea star with an endangered sea-star taxonomist in Japan" Today..ANOTHER awesome monster starfish from Japan!!! My colleague, Yo... giant monster another starfish japan https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tosia-times-two-discovering-new-cryptic.html?showComment=1268265157319 The Echinoblog: Tosia Times TWO! Discovering NEW CRYPTIC species of Australian Biscuit Stars! Image courtesy of Kate M. Naughton! Today, some neat science with a cool Australian starfish! Today's blog comes from my colleagues ... https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/lets-meet-deep-sea-sea-stars-of-north.html The Echinoblog: Let's Meet the Deep-Sea Stars of the North Atlantic Canyons! Your Guide to... This week a special OKEANOS Explorer Treat! Owing to a fantastic combination of various technologies: deep-sea subersibles... https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/10-of-weirdest-antarctic-invertebrates.html?showComment=1337807086413 The Echinoblog: 10 of the WEIRDEST Antarctic Invertebrates!! Last week the foks over at NewsWatch National Geographic proclaimed that they had the "5 Weirdest Antarctic species" . Hyperbole is all ... weirdest antarctic invertebrates https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2014/10/what-is-that-weird-thing-on-facebook.html The Echinoblog: What is that WEIRD THING on FACEBOOK??? So by now, everyone and their 3 best friends have seen the critter above and the video on Facebook (below) which seems to have freaked ev... what is that weird thing facebook https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/ The Echinoblog: May 2009 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... may https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2018/01/ The Echinoblog: January 2018 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... january https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/mysterious-mass-starfish-die-off-in.html?showComment=1378314627234 The Echinoblog: Mysterious Mass Sunflower Starfish (Pycnopodia) Die-off in British Columbia Today is a "report from the field" by Jonathan Martin, a research associate at Simon Fraser University, who is among other things, an ROV... https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/ The Echinoblog: May 2012 Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's... may