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Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social
@echinoblog
Marine biologist/starfish expert/ invertebrate zoologist /deep-sea echinoderm & evolutionary biologist & toy/comic book/kaiju enthusiast. Views are my own.
Washington, DC
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    Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social
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    Nov 8, 2018
    Two of my favorite #Okeanos video from my time as Bio Lead on EX1706: Sea Star Storytime: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explor… and Forest of the Weird oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explor… #Asteroidea #Porifera #deepsea #starfish #seastars
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    Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social
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    Jul 27, 2021
    *laugh* I normally avoid these refs..but WOW. REAL LIFE Sponge bob and Patrick! #Okeanos Retreiver seamount 1885 m
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    Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social
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    Apr 26, 2023
    Not one but TWO Dumbo octopus! aka Flapjack devilfish! Opisthoteuthis californiana 814 m #okeanos Nitinat Canyon
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    Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social
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    Dec 11, 2024
    New predator uncovered 25,000+ feet under the Pacific
    popsci.com
    New predator uncovered 25,000+ feet under the Pacific
    Dulcibella camanchaca can survive in the frosty darkness of the ocean’s hadal zone.
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    Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social
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    Nov 20, 2016
    Simple and Elegant guide to Know your Cephalopods by @KetrinaYim ketrinadrawsalot.tumblr.com/post/151782986…
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    Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social
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    Sep 12, 2023
    Lovely yellow stalked crinoid Parahyocrinus claguei, 1831 m #Okeanos Aleutian Subduction Zone
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    Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social
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    Dec 3, 2019
    You want Sea urchin teeth? CLOSE UP OF SEA URCHIN TEETH!!!
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    Dec 3, 2019
    ハァ…ハァ……(*´Д`*)
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    Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social
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    Jan 25, 2022
    FINALLY, I've been trying to get a species name for these Antarctic "Glass Tulip" tunicates for quite awhile! Molgula pedunculata So CRAZY! #tunicateTuesday via researchgate.net/publication/23…
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    Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social
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    Aug 30, 2022
    OH WOW!! CONOLAMPAS AGGREGATION! All of them have little debris "hats" leaving trails behind them, over 35 urchins! RARELY SEEN?? AMAZING! #okeanos St. Croix #echinoday
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    Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social
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    Apr 20, 2023
    So, THIS insanity in the genus Liponema! Weird Sea anemeone! They can ROLL along the bottom of the sea floor! 2354 m Trinidad Slope #Okeanos
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    Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social
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    Nov 16, 2020
    A shame faced crab (calappid) and an elbow crab (parthenopid) walk into a bar....
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    Nov 15, 2020
    カニノケンカ
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    Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social
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    Dec 8, 2018
    oooo! Slime star (Pteraster) showing off copious amounts of mucus! via @HakaiInstitute
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    Hakai Institute
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    Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social
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    Aug 27, 2021
    The caterpillar of a butterfly called Curetis acuta , look at what it does if you provoke it!
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    わさび@ちょうちょまんが家
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    Aug 22, 2021
    ウラギンシジミの幼虫はフシギな形をしていますが、怒ったりびっくりしたりすると、お尻の２本の突起から瞬時にポンポン（？）を出して振り回します。なお、このポンポンは前蛹の状態でも出すことができ、これはその様子。ポンポン可愛すぎる～❤️（でもあまり出させると、死んじゃうので要注意❗️😱☠️）
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    Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social
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    Jun 18, 2020
    New paper makes the case to STOP STACKING STONES! This destroys microhabitats and harms animals & plants, some endangered. digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol14/iss1…