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#1 shadragon

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 12:47 PM

Saw these little guys in a tidal pool recess last night walking on the beach. They reminded me of garden grubs. The first batch on the left were only an inch long, but the second group on the right were almost three inches in length. Any ideas? Dr. Bill?

If they are a new species I submit the name Delugeus as a wave took me by surprise and came down on top of me just after the camera went off. Luckily, I only got soaked up to the waist. :teeth:

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 12:58 PM

They look like living versions of a fossil I learned about in college geology -- trilobytes?? Maybe they're a current relative.

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 02:18 PM

They look like living versions of a fossil I learned about in college geology -- trilobytes?? Maybe they're a current relative.

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There you go spelling stuff again!! :teeth:
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 02:51 PM

Zach, do you have difficulty with spelling words of sesquipedalian propensity? :teeth:
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 07:07 PM

They look like living versions of a fossil I learned about in college geology -- trilobytes?? Maybe they're a current relative.

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They're chitons, and, in fact, they are descendants of the trilobytes.

Rick


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Posted 27 March 2009 - 07:12 PM

Not a bad guess - they really didn't evolve far from the tree! Thanks for the actual name.
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 08:09 PM

They look like living versions of a fossil I learned about in college geology -- trilobytes??



Sounds like a new hard drive capacity for a PC!!!

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 08:50 PM

Zach, do you have difficulty with spelling words of sesquipedalian propensity? :birthday:


I need a DICTIONARY!!! (and maybe an ENCYCLOPEDIA!) :teeth: :thankyou:

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Posted 28 March 2009 - 12:35 AM

I have a fossil stone that has some that look like that. Fancy name for ancient rolly pollys lol.
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Posted 28 March 2009 - 01:22 AM

Zach, do you have difficulty with spelling words of sesquipedalian propensity? :birthday:


I need a DICTIONARY!!! (and maybe an ENCYCLOPEDIA!) :teeth: :thankyou:



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Posted 29 March 2009 - 10:13 PM

They're chitons, and, in fact, they are descendants of the trilobytes.

Rick


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I couldn't view the pics.. but wondered if that is what they were..
Have seen them in the waters of Puget Sound and in the waters of Utila..

They come in different color combinations.. but look enough alike that once you have spotted one.. you can find others.
The Pacific Northwest has one known as the Gumboot Chiton. looks nothing like the others.. looks like a big pink rubbery mass.

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Posted 02 April 2009 - 04:37 PM

They're chitons, and, in fact, they are descendants of the trilobytes.

Rick

Rick is right. These are Fuzzy Chitons, Acamthopleura granulata, of the CLASS: Chitons, Amphineura, a member of the Mollusks family Phylum Mollusca. They are abundant throughout the Caribbean, but I have seen them in the Pacific as well. They are often used by natives as bait, and on some islands as food - Yummy!
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Posted 02 April 2009 - 04:51 PM

Rick is right. These are Fuzzy Chitons, Acamthopleura granulata, of the CLASS: Chitons, Amphineura, a member of the Mollusks family Phylum Mollusca. They are abundant throughout the Caribbean, but I have seen them in the Pacific as well. They are often used by natives as bait, and on some islands as food - Yummy!


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Posted 02 April 2009 - 05:06 PM

Rick is right. These are Fuzzy Chitons, Acamthopleura granulata, of the CLASS: Chitons, Amphineura, a member of the Mollusks family Phylum Mollusca. They are abundant throughout the Caribbean, but I have seen them in the Pacific as well. They are often used by natives as bait, and on some islands as food - Yummy!


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I want to know how they taste boiled in beer and old bay then dunked in drawn butter!! :birthday:

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Posted 02 April 2009 - 06:06 PM

Rick is right. These are Fuzzy Chitons, Acamthopleura granulata, of the CLASS: Chitons, Amphineura, a member of the Mollusks family Phylum Mollusca. They are abundant throughout the Caribbean, but I have seen them in the Pacific as well. They are often used by natives as bait, and on some islands as food - Yummy!


EEEEWWWW…


I want to know how they taste boiled in beer and old bay then dunked in drawn butter!! :birthday:

Sounds like a science project for Shadragon!
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