Pycnogonid climbing a dead coral. Wonder what was so interesting up there? @andyantarctica.bsky.social another friend for ya.
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Pycnogonid climbing a dead coral. Wonder what was so interesting up there? @andyantarctica.bsky.social another friend for ya.
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Pycnogonid, Urchin, Bamboo corals, Skate eggs
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Sponge, Ophidiidae, Black Coral, pink coral with purple Stolonifera?, dea star, Sponge
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Benthic Siphonophore
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A lionfish with the fins open
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Ophidiidae w/ a isopod parasite
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Cusk eel in a sponge, star maybe Myxasteridae?, yellow coral, yellow sponge, tube worms
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NOAA Fisheries confirms 76 large whale entanglements in 2025 https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/noaa-fisheries-confirms-76-large-whale-entanglements-in-2025-down-yoy-but-above-average 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch
Blue spotted stingray
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🦀 face fingers. Maybe Chaceon
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Bassozetus
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Enoploteuthid? The squid swuad appears to be sleeping so I can't double check if that's what sp. this is.
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Snail architecture runs on a surprisingly short list of decisions. Here's one of them: how far to slide down your own axis while you grow. Barely at all gets you a flat coil. A lot gets you a tower. 🧪🐌 #SciArt #marinelife
Heck ya!! Both Physonect (in front) & Calycophaoran siphonophores in one shot!
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There are only about 20 species of whip-lash squid. Each keeps two very long tentacles tucked in sheaths on its biggest pair of arms, then unrolls them to hover head-down and fish the seafloor like flypaper. The name comes from those whip-like tentacles. 🦑 🧪 #marinelife