tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post3128382221893147308..comments2024-01-27T05:20:35.844-08:00Comments on The Echinoblog: Giant Deep Sea Amoebas! Meet the Xenophyophores!! ChrisMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-34915555537907732572014-09-04T05:08:04.219-07:002014-09-04T05:08:04.219-07:00Thomas- there's a host of hypotheses about the...Thomas- there's a host of hypotheses about the Ediacara and some of the "rules" which we normally apply to studying historical faunas of animals are thrown out the window. Difficult to say.<br /><br />Cecily- yes! thank you! My Twitter feed is exploding with interest about Dendrogramma! Its a fascinating discovery! ChrisMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-50458197907416239742014-09-04T02:50:01.774-07:002014-09-04T02:50:01.774-07:00Talking of "off topic" you see this, Ch...Talking of "off topic" you see this, Chris?<br />http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0102976#abstract0Cecilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-19488743482242985452014-08-31T23:02:42.282-07:002014-08-31T23:02:42.282-07:00Do you think that some sort of proto-Xenophyophore...Do you think that some sort of proto-Xenophyophores with slightly more complex test patterns could be responsible for the Ediacarian fauna?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-23562534192264521652014-08-28T08:24:41.374-07:002014-08-28T08:24:41.374-07:00thanks!thanks!ChrisMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-53792186259636258622014-08-28T07:30:09.635-07:002014-08-28T07:30:09.635-07:00Oh those are truly cool, Chris! Huge foram-y thing...Oh those are truly cool, Chris! Huge foram-y things in the deep sea!! bet they are farming bacteria - other protists do that, and other cool tricks like stealing chloroplasts and keeping them alive and photosynthesizing.<br /><br />This blog post about cool new species in 2014 has a great bit about a giant foraminiferan that has the same feeding strategy as a carnivorous sponge - it sticks all the sponge's spicules together very carefully and kind of mimics it. Check it out - Spiculosiphon!!<br /><br />http://theconversation.com/top-ten-species-reveal-process-of-discovery-and-further-mysteries-about-life-on-earth-27031Cecilynoreply@blogger.com