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unusual facts about Plankton



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Cavoliniidae

The parapodia are also covered with cilia, which produce a minute water current that pushes the planktonic food to the mouth of the animal.

Cesare Emiliani

He was further honored by receiving the Vega Medal of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (SSAG) (Swedish: Svenska Sällskapet för Antropologi och Geografi) in 1983, and the Alexander Agassiz Medal of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1989 for his isotopic studies on Pleistocene and Holocene planktic foraminifera.

Continuous Plankton Recorder

Started in 1931 by Sir Alister Hardy, the CPR has provided marine scientists with their only measure of plankton communities on a pan-oceanic scale.

Hawaii Ocean Time-series

These strategies include high resolution conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profiles, biogeochemical analyses of discrete water samples, in situ vertically profiling bio-optical instrumentation, free-drifting arrays for determinations of primary production and particle fluxes, deep ocean sediment traps, and oblique plankton net tows.

Hellboy Junior

Plankton Tidepool attempts to outwit Death when he breathes life into his creations squidman and lobster lady.

Monterey Formation

Its middle and upper Miocene upwelling-rich assemblages, and its unique highly siliceous rocks from diatom-rich plankton, became diatomites, porcelainites, and banded cherts.

Nicktoons Unite!

One morning, when SpongeBob SquarePants goes out of his house, he sees that Plankton has taken over Bikini Bottom and used multiple tank-like vacuums to suck away all of the town's civilians.

Parvulastra parvivipara

There is no planktonic larval stage and the directly developing juveniles are cannibalistic, feeding on other embryos and juveniles while in the brood pouch.

Penny Slinger

Penny Singer was the second wife of microbiologist Christopher Hills, who was co-discoverer of the protein-rich plankton spirulina, the base for many natural food products, and founded the University of the Trees in Boulder Creek, California.

Pest of the West

Aspects of the musical cues used in the high noon duel between SpongeBuck and Dead Eye Plankton was from Sergio Leone's 1968 Spaghetti Western film Once Upon a Time in the West, complete with Ennio Morricone's harmonica riff used for the Charles Bronson character.

Pinball Wizard

In the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Sweet and Sour Squid", the song is parodied by Plankton and Squidward as "Clarinet Wizard".

SpongeBob Moves In

As players advance in the game, they can unlock exclusive-to-the-app, untold stories about how their characters, including SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Plankton, Squidward and Sandy, first arrived in the town.

SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab

It stars SpongeBob SquarePants, his best friend Patrick Star and their enemy Sheldon J. Plankton as they journey to nine different worlds, supposedly, inside the dreams of the characters.

SpongeBob SquarePants: Original Theme Highlights

It includes tracks sung by the cartoon's characters: SpongeBob SquarePants, Sandy Cheeks, Patrick Star, Squidward Tentacles and Plankton.

SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge

SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge is an action-adventure video game based on the hit television series, SpongeBob SquarePants.

SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis

So off goes the Bikini Bottom crew — SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, along with Mr. Krabs (Clancy Brown), Sandy (Carolyn Lawrence), and even Plankton (Mr. Lawrence) — on an adventure to Atlantis.


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