I visited Japan solely for the purpose of studying the Brachiopoda of the Japanese seas, and this step led to my accepting the chair of zoology in the Imperial University at Tokyo. Gradually I was drawn away from my zoological work, into archaeological investigations, by the alluring problem of the ethnic affinities of the Japanese […]
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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 […]
Echinoderms are mostly sedentary and hence they are more peaceful than other phylas :)
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Young sea star
I also here salute the echinoderms as a noble group especially designed to puzzle the zoologist. Book: The Invertebrates: Echinodermata (1955)Author: Libbie Henrietta HymanPage: Preface See more enigmatic echinoderms.
The Ocean: hidden life photo exhibition website has just gone live! It is a photographic exhibition of various marine organisms with the aim of publicizing the beauty of these beings, which often goes unnoticed… only marine biologists end up seeing these rarities! As I also helped organize the exhibition and provided some photos, I’ll put […]