tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post8400118435318810397..comments2024-03-27T10:06:07.100-07:00Comments on The Echinoblog: A day in the Life: US Antarctic Research Program= Starfish Fun!!ChrisMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-20010992523973428222009-05-09T23:38:00.000-07:002009-05-09T23:38:00.000-07:00Happy to help! Although I must admit to being curi...Happy to help! Although I must admit to being curious as to why she's writing about an Atlantic species in Australia! Still...I suppose its exotic in that sense..ChrisMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-33055461310731512662009-05-09T22:00:00.000-07:002009-05-09T22:00:00.000-07:00My 12 year old daughter has been writing an assign...My 12 year old daughter has been writing an assignment on Luidia Ciliaris, is a little bored and uninspired. Well that changed when we wandered onto your page. Thankyou for a brilliant educational page ( for young and old) . We are very impressed by the GIANT starfish !!! <br />Katya and Hannah Wynyard <br />Sydney , Australia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-4546338072177236302008-11-30T07:02:00.000-08:002008-11-30T07:02:00.000-08:00chris, you are crazy-catchris, you are crazy<BR/><BR/>-catAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-4525576081938522342008-11-25T14:14:00.000-08:002008-11-25T14:14:00.000-08:00These specimens are from the 1960s..and were likel...These specimens are from the 1960s..and were likely fixed in formalin..but we keep a variable % of starfish dry and wet. For asteroids, one is not necessarily inferior to the other since dry specimens are more easily studied for characters and such..ChrisMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11784970666468925633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433304117507034540.post-45964655769961525202008-11-25T14:02:00.000-08:002008-11-25T14:02:00.000-08:00Is dry storage the norm for echinoderm? Do you kee...Is dry storage the norm for echinoderm? Do you keep a snippet frozen or in 95% ethanol as a genetic voucher?Kevin Zelniohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.com