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At a depth of ~3,700 m (12,140 ft) in the Marianas Trench, this deep-sea inhabiting and holoplanktonic ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ต๐ข medusa (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) is characterized by having two sets of tentacles โ short and long. The long tentacles will angle/extend outward for capturing prey. ๐ท: NOAA
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2024/03/24
21:02 UTC
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Amphipods are generally small (<10mm or 0.4in length) and characterized by having two pairs of antennae and 13 body segments. Species identification of amphipods (+9,900 known species) is complex and DNA barcoding is often used. ๐ท: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amphipodredkils.jpg
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2024/03/18
22:07 UTC
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The carnivorous ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด-๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ (๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ข sp.) has balloon-like structures that are used to capture prey via barbed hooks (i.e., spicules) that cover their spherical โorbsโ. ๐ท: MBARI
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2024/02/29
21:29 UTC
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Participate in our online study about whales ๐
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2024/01/09
22:27 UTC
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From near Australia and family Heterodontidae (horned sharks, bullhead sharks), a new species named the ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ (๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ). The new ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ด species is distinguished by its genetics and barred color pattern. ๐ท: CSIRO
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2023/08/13
17:18 UTC
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An amazing cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) skeleton and one of about 240 known species classified in the stingray suborder Myliobatoidei. This skeleton shows the bilaterally symmetric framework that enables their benthic and/or pelagic life histories. ๐ท: Steve Huskey
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2023/07/29
18:46 UTC
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Offshore from Alaska, NOAA is mapping new areas of the seafloor. A bonus of such exploration is discovering displays of ecology and biodiversity. From Glacier Bay National Park, here are sea anemones and soft corals that are called red tree corals, ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข. ๐ท: NOAA
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2023/07/20
18:03 UTC
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Hydrothermal vent associated gastropods (AโD) ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฆ (Calliostomatidae), (EโJ) ๐๐ฃ๐บ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐บ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฆ (Muricidae), (EโH) Specimen #1, (I, J) Specimen #2. Scale bars: (AโD) 1 cm (.4 in), (EโJ) 0.5 cm (.2 in) ๐ท https://peerj.com/articles/4121/
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2023/07/10
07:12 UTC
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These glass sponges (๐๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ) are considered to be habitat-forming due to their occurrence in aggregations and the three-dimensional structures that increases the biodiversity and complexity of their habitat. ๐ท: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341510400
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2023/06/25
16:26 UTC
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Seahorses are no ordinary fathers. They gestate eggs in their special pouch and give birth to live young.
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2023/06/18
15:16 UTC
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Purple-colored and found in the Pacific, the ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต (๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด) is without scales and instead has dermal spinules visible around the head of this deep-water frogfish. ๐ท: http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2017/11/nudiantennarius.html
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2023/06/12
18:10 UTC
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