Chris Mah
@echinoblog.bsky.social
The "starfish guy"(but also a little about a lot of marine invertebrates, #echinoday #echinoderms. Kaiju, comics enthusiast. Marine scientist, taxonomist, deep-sea researcher. Statements/posts made here are my own & DO NOT REPRESENT HOST organizations
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There is, or was, a place in Milford Sound, here in Aotearoa New Zealand, where you could descend steps to an underwater observation chamber, and see (amongst other things), Lingula, in its natural environment.
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
There is, or was, a place in Milford Sound, here in Aotearoa New Zealand, where you could descend steps to an underwater observation chamber, and see (amongst other things), Lingula, in its natural environment.
here was the paper. it met with more response than support. www.scup.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Predatory asteroids and the decline of the articulate brachiopods
Various causes, such as increased predation pressure, the lack of planktotrophic larvae,
a ‘resetting’ of diversity, increased competition from benthic molluscs and the decline
of the Palaeozoic fauna...
www.scup.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
here was the paper. it met with more response than support. www.scup.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Ooh, that's a lovely plectolophe!
November 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Ooh, that's a lovely plectolophe!