tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post7971622521730310155..comments2024-03-27T10:06:07.100-07:00Comments on The Echinoblog: Who Named the Bobbit Worm (Eunice sp.)? And WHAT species is it.. truly??ChrisMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-4518299902537766252019-11-30T10:56:26.281-08:002019-11-30T10:56:26.281-08:00Not a joke. Many polychaetes are named for Greek g...Not a joke. Many polychaetes are named for Greek goddesses and so forth, Aphrodite, etc. .. the scientists who described them saw and continue to recognize great beauty in them..<br /><br />see this post: https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2016/06/five-great-polychaete-names-for.htmlChrisMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-47407964689003258912019-11-30T10:48:15.588-08:002019-11-30T10:48:15.588-08:00What I want to know is why Peter Simon Pallas, in ...What I want to know is why Peter Simon Pallas, in 1788, named it *aphroditois*. Was it some kind of joke? This thing is pure nightmare fuel, why name it after aphrodite? Was he going through a bad breakup?DoFlyPinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519536785239034717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-62318387661119292662013-10-29T11:51:59.975-07:002013-10-29T11:51:59.975-07:00I would be really surprised if there were any real...I would be really surprised if there were any really detailed papers on any aspect of its feeding biology or ecology. The images and awareness of this species hasn't even really been known until recently. Other than systematics and taxonomy I'd say its a purely open field. ChrisMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-23537152342942113802013-10-29T10:27:05.909-07:002013-10-29T10:27:05.909-07:00Do you know of any papers on the mechanics of the ...Do you know of any papers on the mechanics of the bobbit worm strike? I poked around google scholar and couldn't find anything.MCAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-52566393082333911122013-10-04T04:07:05.694-07:002013-10-04T04:07:05.694-07:00The Great Google informs me that no-one is selling...The Great Google informs me that no-one is selling a "Sexy Bobbit-worm costume". Imagine my sadness.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-74631159945717193072013-09-24T11:24:49.990-07:002013-09-24T11:24:49.990-07:00John! Yes, there are a surprising number of fairly...John! Yes, there are a surprising number of fairly large polychaete worms.. Nereis on the Pacific coast gets to be up to 2 feet long.<br /><br />Within tropical reef regions in the temperate esp. to tropical Indo-Pacific areas the faunas for most invertebrates tends to be poorly known. I know scientists who find new species of nudibranchs on Flickr sometimes! ChrisMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-9519643037803133332013-09-24T10:38:42.185-07:002013-09-24T10:38:42.185-07:00Wow, I didn't realize the Bobbit Worm was so b...Wow, I didn't realize the Bobbit Worm was so big. I'd always assumed it was maybe a few inches long, perhaps the size of a large bristleworm.<br /><br />I also had no idea there was so much mystery surrounding its identification, although I hear that's fairly common for marine invertebrates around Southeast AsianJohn Meszarosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-20713617238766633382013-09-24T02:44:05.275-07:002013-09-24T02:44:05.275-07:00Amazing! I hate worms.Amazing! I hate worms.stonehttp://bestrecumbentexercisebikes.us/noreply@blogger.com