tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post7465115328335183295..comments2024-03-27T10:06:07.100-07:00Comments on The Echinoblog: ANAL CONES! Diadematid sea urchin mysteries!ChrisMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-44096048492566414702016-08-04T05:20:43.918-07:002016-08-04T05:20:43.918-07:00niceniceamazon, translate, hotmailhttp://hotmail-oulook.blogspot.co.idnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-73034311538819198362012-06-09T11:12:48.679-07:002012-06-09T11:12:48.679-07:00The photo is still attributed to "Efdixon&quo...The photo is still attributed to "Efdixon" Please fix. ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-84993943586360830892012-06-07T10:52:07.410-07:002012-06-07T10:52:07.410-07:00thank you! I've added some text to amend the l...thank you! I've added some text to amend the locality.ChrisMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-66190643532759963712012-06-07T10:15:44.822-07:002012-06-07T10:15:44.822-07:00Dear Blogger:
You have posted my Radiating Hat Pi...Dear Blogger:<br /><br />You have posted my Radiating Hat Pin Sea Urchin which is great.<br /><br />However, you misidentify the source of this vid. This is a video I shot at Banderas Bay, Puerto Valarta, MX, in January 2011I did borrow language, which I attributed to Lembah Strait. <br /><br />So Dude, please correct the text. I sincerely hope that you are going to keep this wonderful animal on your site without the erroneous text. ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-46803310670300406962012-06-01T10:47:04.086-07:002012-06-01T10:47:04.086-07:00cool thanks! here's a link to the paper. the o...cool thanks! here's a link to the paper. the one above is behind the U. Michigan firewall. http://bit.ly/KRsfJ0ChrisMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-18625140915924137072012-06-01T10:43:14.069-07:002012-06-01T10:43:14.069-07:00It's also been suggested that the Paleozoic cr...It's also been suggested that the Paleozoic crinoids that had anal cones (ridiculous ones!) did it to avoid parasites...and check out this paper: <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/doi/10.1111/j.1502-3931.1990.tb01372.x/abstract" rel="nofollow">Physical modeling of the batocrinid anal tube: functional analysis and multiple hypothesis testing</a>octopodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13527567851222207553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-36082320838330906882012-05-30T18:54:10.143-07:002012-05-30T18:54:10.143-07:00ha! happy to help Anna! I only wish there was more...ha! happy to help Anna! I only wish there was more available on why diadematids have those things in the first place!ChrisMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-86127092056475438922012-05-30T15:13:52.090-07:002012-05-30T15:13:52.090-07:00Thanks for this gem. Maybe it’s the company I keep...Thanks for this gem. Maybe it’s the company I keep, but this question about the bulb-like protuberance on the urchin has come up more than once - now I have the answer: Anal cones! For ejecting feces!Anna DeLoachnoreply@blogger.com