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jackiehildering  > Underwater > Other spineless wonders
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P1285465 - Another awe-inspiring spawn; the carnivorous snail species “wrinkled dogwinkles” (Nucella lamellosa most of these around 7 cm) mating and laying eggs. The pointed yellow shapes are egg capsules known as “sea oats” which protect several dozen eggs. The eggs hatch into crawling embryos in the capsule; finish developing into juveniles inside; and then crawl out of the capsule through an opening at the top
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PC264883 - Boot sponge covered with transparent tunicates and a feather star / crinoid (upper right). The transparent tunicates contain spotted flatworms.
© 2012 Jackie Hildering-283882 - Giant Pacific octopus.
© 2012 Jackie Hildering-283881 - Giant Pacific octopus.
© 2012 Jackie Hildering-283885 - Giant Pacific octopus.
© 2012 Jackie Hildering-203614 - How amazingly cool is this?! The snail seeming to hang in midwater is suspended from a mucus strand. It is a wrinkled amphissa (to 3 cm long; Amphissa columbiana). These marine snails are scavengers and are very active, using their long siphon to smell out the dead. A gland near the foot secretes mucus allowing them to climb up and down. It was amazing how quickly s/he was climbing upwards.
© 2012 Jackie Hildering-203603- Most of the remarkable organisms in this photo (the orange and white/yellow bulbous creatures) are highly evolved invertebrates - having a primitive backbone called a notochord. They are orange social tunicates and yellow social ascidians. There is a hermit crab in the middle of the image.
© 2012 Jackie Hildering-203602 - Most of the remarkable organisms in this photo (the orange and white/yellow bulbous creatures) are highly evolved invertebrates - having a primitive backbone called a notochord. They are orange social tunicates and yellow social ascidians.
P1285465 - Another awe-inspiring spawn; the carnivorous snail species “wrinkled dogwinkles” (Nucella lamellosa most of these around 7 cm) mating and laying eggs. The pointed yellow shapes are egg capsules known as “sea oats” which protect several dozen eggs. The eggs hatch into crawling embryos in the capsule; finish developing into juveniles inside; and then crawl out of the capsule through an opening at the top
P1285465 - Another awe-inspiring spawn; the carnivorous snail species “wrinkled dogwinkles” (Nucella lamellosa most of these around 7 cm) mating and laying eggs. The pointed yellow shapes are egg capsules known as “sea oats” which protect several dozen eggs. The eggs hatch into crawling embryos in the capsule; finish developing into juveniles inside; and then crawl out of the capsule through an opening at the top
P1285465 - Another awe-inspiring spawn; the carnivorous snail species “wrinkled dogwinkles” (Nucella lamellosa most of these around 7 cm) mating and laying eggs. The pointed yellow shapes are egg capsules known as “sea oats” which protect several dozen eggs. The eggs hatch into crawling embryos in the capsule; finish developing into juveniles inside; and then crawl out of the capsule through an opening at the top
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