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• World of Copepods

  In marine science, Science Spotlight, zoology / 18 September 2012 / 0 comments

  

  This copepod Aleutha potter,officially named and described in 2007, is found in Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica. Copepod (Kope = Greek for “oar” Podos = Greek for “foot”) means oar-footed, referring to the pair of...

   

• “Ohboya!” It’s the Bonaire banded box jellyfish, a new species

  In marine science, zoology / 15 March 2011 / 5 comments

  

  The words “box jelly” may bring to mind something sweet and tasty, but the banded box jelly of Bonaire is a highly venomous jellyfish with a sting that can inflict serious pain. Recently discovered in...