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Juweniles of various ages of Вig broadnose form of Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni caught in Aprile 2005 as bycatch in the middle stream of Amu Darya River flowing between Kyzylkum and Karakum Deserts (Kyzylravat, Uzbekistan).
Exceptionnel dans les chaluts à crevettes à 405 mètres de profondeur.
Collected from FRV Kapala demersal trawl: station K96-06-04, depth 18-20 m. (AMS specimen I.38608-001).
Sea Pig collected on the Northeast Pacific Deep-Sea Diversity Expedition in June 2022. Look below for a link to the collection video, and check out the expedition website at https://www.oceannetworks.ca/expeditions/northeast-pacific-deep-sea-diversity-expedition/
Specimen collected on the Northeast Pacific Deep-Sea Diversity Expedition in June 2022. Look below for a link to the collection video, and check out the website at
https://www.oceannetworks.ca/expeditions/northeast-pacific-deep-sea-diversity-expedition/
I think this ID is right, please give feedback if you know snailfish ID
To 8.3 cm long. Large numbers were attracted to a light hung off a dock at night. Hovered off the bottom, probably attracted to zooplankton.
An extremely tall sea pen, reaching over 2.5 m in height. Believed to be the tallest sea pen in the world. Lives on thick mud substrates where its fleshy peduncle, imbedded in the mud, holds it upright. Generally found at depths below 25 m. The close-up image, taken in September 2010, shows the eggs inside the polyps.
Found floating on it's side in the shallows. Picked up by hand and then released after photos
Strong currents brought in a couple dozen juveniles over several days. Occurence was documented with Dr. Milton Love
Some sort of jack, locally called a Pomfret, caught while power trolling
Worm-like parasite burrowing into a grounded Fin Whale.
Now this was a bit of a surprise.
Swam out when I lifted a rock. It then tucked into a space nearby. Very weird things. Habitat shot last. That's the spot he was in before I flipped the rock.
~4cm long
Lower intertidal.
Weird yellow coloration on the body
Bottom trawl @ 250-290 fathoms
Dead animal that was found washed up on the beach
Many babies schooling around presumed parent in shaded, shallow (1/2 to 1 ft deep) backwater swamp. Based on a quick dot-count, I estimate that there were as many as 2000-3000 baby bowfins in the school.
NF smith river along bank.
Only one plant. Many dead. Horses everywhere, probably feral. Either way they're grazing everything down to shit. Could use some pumas here.
ID with help from Milton Love and Jack Engle at University of California, Santa Barbara. Overall length about 3cm. Very shy. 5-6 individuals observed in crevices at around 50-60’ depth in the dive park at Catalina Island. Possibly a range extension for this species. This was the only image I was able to capture that was worthwhile.
one of today's highlights - gorgeous mirid
Posting courtesy of Wade Doak
Photo by Keith Ericksen
Collected with permission and permit on TPWD property. Drift net on spring. This is a relatively common species in this spring.
Diameter is 1.3 mm
Female inside its salp victim!
Tylozygus geometricus. Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA.
Unusually large for a psuedoscorpion ~15mm; Thanks to Gretchen Baker for this special treat.
These were awesome! They were hanging out among some brambles underwater. This beautiful female posed for us in the sunlight.
Row of egg masses on eelgrass
Eggs of Plainfin Midshipman - guarded by a Big Mama. You can see the babies inside!!
Form change within 10 minutes of disturbance.
Type locality at Agua Caliente Wash, accessed from Pacific Crest Trail.
Found in rocky intertidal. ~3mm shell length.
Kind of creepy, but I guess everybody has some.
Pink/purple guts when gravid, size and locality are distinctive of A. labiata. A. aurita is in the North Sea, and A. sp1 is found in harbors. A. labiata is the most common moon jelly on open coast California.
Found in a swarm of brown sea nettles Chrysaora fuscescens at the Monterey breakwater.
Sacoglossan Sea Slug. Maximum length 6 mm. Rhinophores cylindrical, enrolled,
black with posterior white stripes from base to half-way up,
leaving apices completely black. Oral tentacles
completely black; foot corners yellow. Head black with two
yellow-orange patches, eyespots at base of yellow-orange
patches. Lateral yellow-orange line on head connects
yellow-orange eye patches to dorsum. Body elongate,
with numerous cylindrical cerata covering most of the
dorsum. Proximal half of cerata yellow-orange, distal half
black. Foot yellow-orange ventrally from head to tail.
Posterior end of foot is pointed, black dorsally.
Radula of a 4 mm long specimen from Catalina Island,
California (CPIC 01962) composed of 7 teeth in ascending
row, 12 teeth in descending row, and 2–4 teeth in ascus. Leading tooth smooth, lacking denticles, with a cylindrical,
short, slightly curved, pointed cusp. Base of teeth
short, triangular, slightly concave ventrally.
a few neat catches from the 2017 Maine lobster season
Mid-water trawl
Dredged 25 meters on cobble
Very rare endemic shark, this is only the fifth one I have seen, previously saw two off Brisbane at Shag Rock and Manta Bommie in 1992 and two off the Gold Coast at Palm Beach Reef in 1994.
Sampled from a midwater tow (200 m) in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica.
Caught via otter trawling w/ Marine Science Institute. Caught juvenile Bat Rays in high densities (28 individuals in one net) including this one.
Eyes not shown, but iris' are red making for a true albino.