Vídeo about the charismatic pelagosphera larva of sipunculids.
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Posts about biology usually related to my research on the evolution of embryonic development in animals.
The Cifonauta database was officially launched on September 26th of 2011 (last year). So, today it celebrates its first year of public life. However, the idea of creating an image database for marine biodiversity is much older than that. Photographic documentation is an essential part of research. During the past 30 years, a lot of […]
The sea biscuit metamorphosis image that I submitted for the Node’s intersection image competition was selected for the November calendar! You can download it here.
I wrote a text about the development and evolution of the turtle shell on The Node: Turtles in a nutshell. It shows the beginning of shell formation in embryos and how this can help us understand the evolution of such unique body pattern. 3D animations and fossils are included! Never thought I would post a […]
Living Bibliography was born when, a few weeks ago, on a Saturday morning, I bumped into the Hack4Knowledge, a meeting to build apps, tools, and remixes with existing databases to innovate and enrich the creation and dissemination of knowledge. I was already playing with the Mendeley API and took the opportunity to put an idea […]
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Pluteus larva
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Metamorphosis of a sea biscuit
Metamorphosis is a dramatic life-changing event for many invertebrates. It’s the intersection between two distinct lives – larval and adult. It is how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. The process is fascinating, specially when you have the chance to see it happening with your own eyes. You too can see it in the video A […]
Aamzing animation showing the development of a starfish, from the first cell divisions to adulthood: The animation was made with Blender. And there’s a cool poster with a cladogram in the sand, illustrating the phylogeny of echinoderms. Check the original post. P.S. For comparison, once I tried to create cell divisions in Blender and the […]