Vacuumed up from its habitat a mile down in the ocean, the red paper lantern jelly may not look like much. Mostly water, it’s so fragile that once brought to the surface it’s reduced to a tattered blob in a jar. But this unassuming jellyfish has lessons for scientists. It’s teaching researchers in Japan how intricately life is connected down in the ocean’s deep, dark depths—and how the fate of this small red lantern sheds light on the fragility of life close to home. read moreDuration: 5:33Published: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:35:07 +0000
Figure 5.Color figures of skeleton of various Alaskan stylasterids: A Errinopora fisheri B, G–I Errinopora nanneca C, F Errinopora undulata, D Errinopora disticha E Errinopora zarhyncha. A holotype, USNM 1123526 B holotype, USNM 42875 C holotype, USNM 112327 D holotype, USNM 1123524 E holotype, USNM 42874 F lateral view of a large paratype, USNM 1123528 G lamellate colony with digitate distal branches, USNM 1123462 H lamellate colony, USNM 44070 I intermediate form between lamellate and digitate, USNM 1123510.
