Searching for alien life? No need to board a rocket ship to space when our home planet’s Ocean shelters creatures like this suspected Bathyphysa siphonophore. Spotted during the #SalasyGomezRidge expedition off the coast of Chile. More info about research: schmidtocean.org/cruise/unexplo…

[ #Zoology ] Taxonomic diversity of marine planktonic ‘y-larvae’ (Crustacea: Facetotecta) from a coral reef hotspot locality (Japan, Okinawa), with a key to y-nauplii ⤵️

✒️ Jørgen Olesen Statens & Mark J. Grygier
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.20…
#Crustacea #Facetotecta

Have been looking for this for years… Perhaps someone has this module in covered by dust in the corner of their basement?…

Anyone out there recognize this little ball? Looked pretty rhizaria-like to me, but I can't place it or the little buds it has. Johan Renaudie? About 150-200 microns, oligotrophic Atlantic, 600-800m depth.

My Nikon work station

[ #annelid ] Two new ‘incertae sedis’ syllids (Annelida: Syllidae) from Brazilian oceanic islands ⤵

✒ Rodolfo Leandro Nascimento - Marcelo Veronesi Fukuda - Paulo Cesar de Paiva
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.20…
#Annelida #syllidae #syllids #Polychaeta #annelid s

International scientists may have discovered more than 100 new species living on seamounts off the coast of Chile. The recent expedition resulted in identifying deep-sea corals, glass sponges, sea urchins, amphipods & other species likely new to science.
schmidtocean.org/underwater-mou…

In the depths of the #abyss . Sponge, seastar, brittle star, polychaete, amphipod. #smartexccz

Just put together a collage of radiolarians that I collected in Bermuda. Looking at it gives me peace. Incredible diversity! #protists #radiolaria

BRITTLE STARS! No brain? no problem! today.duke.edu/2023/11/brittl…

Phyllosoma larvae are quite rare in the plankton and I only found a few, like this one I found on a Mediterranean holiday. Here imaged using an old school (100+years) microscopic illumination technique called Rheinberg Illumination.
#Plankton #MarineLife

Peristaltic pumps are common in industrial and even in everyday settings.  In a cosmopolitan marine organism (the appendicularian, Oikopleura dioica), we discovered a novel peristaltic pump based on a tail that undulates inside a tightly fitting chamber.

This is the cutest crab larva of all: the larva of the pea crab Pinnotheres pisum! It has only small spines and is already as round as the adults.
#plankton #MarineLife

Crustaceans such as crabs, shrimp and even barnacles often have a larval stage in the plankton. These can have bizarre shapes! This is a zoea stage larva of a crab, which has long spines to decrease its chance of being eaten by predators. #plankton #MarineLife

Many bottom dwelling organisms like crabs, worms, sea stars and barnacles have larval stages in the plankton. Carried by currents the larvae can be transported to other areas. Often the larval stage does not look like the adult at all! Can you guess which is which? #MarineLife

I am a marine biologist studying zooplankton using innovative tools like in-situ imaging devices and genetics. In my spare time I like to spend hours at the microscope to capture images of the beautiful and bizzarre planktonic creatures. I'll try to share an image every day!

[ #brittlestar ] Deepest known novel species of the genus Ophiuroglypha Hertz, 1927 ( #Echinodermata : #Ophiuroidea ) from the central rift zone, 🇵🇭 Sea

✒️ Hasitha Nethupul et al.
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.20… #marinebiology #newspecies #echinoderm #marinespecies #biodiversity

El Ayuntamiento de Sevilla ha convocado 5’ de silencio mañana a las 11:00 en las puertas de su sede en la plaza Nueva en memoria de Maya Universidad de Sevilla Ayuntamiento de Sevilla #MayaVillalobo