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Biodiversity Wednesday: Crinoids in Antarctica

Posted on June 30, 2010May 20, 2010 By Andrew Thaler 3 Comments on Biodiversity Wednesday: Crinoids in Antarctica
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And yes, CNN failed at identifying these as Crinoids.

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3 thoughts on “Biodiversity Wednesday: Crinoids in Antarctica”

  1. WhySharksMatter says:
    June 30, 2010 at 11:52 am

    Didn’t CNN used to employ some science reporters? With, like, background in science?

  2. Southern Fried Scientist says:
    June 30, 2010 at 11:55 am

    I mean, they got the domain and kingdom right. Can we really expect reporters to be able to tell an echinoderm from an arthropod? /sarcasm

  3. Alex says:
    July 1, 2010 at 12:19 pm

    I remember seeing this or similar footage about a year ago. Numerous debates raged on YouTube over what the creatures were as the reporters and various stories referred to them as sea spiders. I remember some folks insisting I was wrong.

    I tried to infer what the taxa is at one point, but can’t remember how far I got. A common comatulid crinoid in that region is Promachocrinus kerguelensis, but I’d need to see one of these up closer to tell for sure.

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