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snafflehound@work
Nov 29th, 2004, 04:31pm
In the news today

http://wired.com/news/images/0,2334,65818-16158,00.html

Steve O'Shea
Nov 29th, 2004, 05:03pm
Hmmmm. The single row of suckers, obvious low arm-sucker count, and papillose skin are pretty characteristic of southern Pareledone species; it's quite unlike any recognised Graneledone, Thaumeledone or Bentheledone species (we'll leave Megaleledone out of this for the time being), so Pareledone (as a catch-all genus) is probably a good guess. The genus is probably being revised - hence the 'likely Pareledone ' comment by Louise).

Clem
Nov 29th, 2004, 05:04pm
Ooohh, that's a neat looking animal. Interesting eyes. The lenses are quite protuberant, and is that luminescence from internal photophores or some weird consequence of the lighting?

Thanks for posting that, Snafflehound.

Clem

Colin
Dec 1st, 2004, 05:15pm
I see the resemblence to Eldeone, we get cirrhosa here