I have no idea what this worm is - I’m assuming a Platyhelminthes of some kind? I’d love some insight if anyone knows! This is from last summer, Norfolk UK plankton sample.
#wormwednesday #marineplankton 🦑
Elizabeth Beston
Experts say ‘bare bones’ US laws are unfit to regulate nascent deep-sea mining industry
this is delightfully disgusting
Bycatch has ‘shocking’ toll on British marine life, first-ever analysis reveals
Various Antarctic sponge and associates to fun easy listening soundtrack! via @schmidtocean.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/nv6mw...
and who can forget this loveable pig carcass being DEVOURED BY AMPHIPODS in the deep! undertaken by @jwfchu.bsky.social and friends! youtu.be/nZz0UdytqjM?...
MOAR PIG CARCASS being EATEN BY AMPHIPODS in the #deepsea! youtu.be/F7-1nCutsg4?...
What looks like a bebeh #octopus is actually a full-grown male paper #nautilus, riding atop of a mauve stinger #jellyfish.
Shot using #scuba, while drifting in the open #ocean, far from shore, over the deep abyss, at night.
#papernautilus #cephalopod #symbiosis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving
Chris Gug
David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈
David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈
Dr. Katy Croff Bell
Chris Mah
Chris Mah
Chris Mah
🦞 Illustrations of the zoology of H.M. Indian Marine Surveying steamer Investigator
Calcutta: Printed and sold by the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1892-1909.
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This is part 2 of a two-part series examining the U.S.’s efforts to begin deep-sea mining in federal waters. Part 2 examines the regulations that would govern the industry. Part 1 explored the…