larval

Biologist who loves embryos, larval stages, and marine biodiversity. Also into microscopy, sciart, and freshwater planted tanks.

[larval]

Cell division in an early embryo. Species: Clypeaster subdepressus (echinoderm known as sea biscuit). Video by Bruno C. Vellutini.

[vintagewildlife]

Newborn velvet worm crawling on its mother By: Raymond A. Mendez From: Natural History Magazine 1985

[bogleech]

Most velvet worms are social by the way and form multi generational packs where the largest females are in charge and share food with all the babies 🙂

[tenebrobscuro]

The first simulated image of a black hole was calculated with an IBM 7040 computer using 1960 punch cards and hand-plotted by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet in 1978.

[str-ngeloop]

the romance of hand-plotting. this guy looked at the numbers and drew each of those dots manually, and the image emerged. we can only imagine how he felt

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Have you seen the aggregating anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

I've seen anemones in general, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I've seen anemones in general, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onSep 27, 2024

This animal was requested!

[escuerzoresucitado]

[marinebiology1]

Cuttlefish

source: University of Adelaide, Australia

[captainsamta]

Off topic, but have some fishes for now

[corrodedparadox]

Have you taken your shreds (shrimp meds) today?

[mysillycomics]

🩵 oarfish 🩵

[dailycephalopods]

me today (hatching day)

[aquabasedesign]

Aquarium Inspiration 🌿

Some Aquascapes from the Aqua Expo exhibition.

You can see more beautiful aquariums in my latest YouTube videos.

[corrodedparadox]

Shrimp posture

[thesquiddealer]

Portuguese Man O’ War

[cristalplanetheart]

[amnhnyc]

Cephalopod lovers, have you ever heard of the Dumbo octopus? 🐙 Members of the genus Grimpoteuthis, these critters are the deepest-living octopus known to science and can be found near the seafloor at depths of up to 13,000 ft (4,000 m). These adorable cephalopods flap their ear-like fins as they move through the water—a behavior that inspired scientists to name the genus Grimpoteuthis after Disney’s flying elephant. Unlike many other octopuses, Dumbo octopuses do not have ink sacs. Some scientists think it’s because they rarely encounter predators in their extremely remote, deep-sea habitats.

Photo: NOAA Okeanos Explorer, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

[snototter]

A bigfin reef squid, or glitter squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) in Sulawesi, Indonesia

by Karsten Kretz

[escuerzoresucitado]

[bakersfield-row]

I’m going to have a fucking breakdown