#copepod

[aevris]

didn't know what to draw so i just animated one of the copepods i found yesterday

[worrywyrms]

gentle giant

[cygnus-is-tired]

Deep Sea December 2025: Day 21– Dark

Greenland sharks live in the deep frigid waters of the Arctic and upper Atlantic oceans. Their already small eyes are typically rendered completely blind due to parasitism by copepods (specifically Ommatokoita elongata.) However, these parasites don’t seem to get too in the way of these deep sea sharks as Greenland sharks have been known to live well into their 3rd or 4th centuries!

@montereybayaquarium

[niqvassieart]

Finishing up a new little book with a friend gathering all our explorations of the microscopic world along our local river here in Tokyo. Here are some tiny crustaceans, but will share more soon!

[rinwyrm]

Another painting for @montereybayaquarium's Deep Sea December! I did a combined one for days 4 & 5: chilly & brunch

Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus) & Parasitic Copepod (Ommatokoita elongata)

Acrylic ink, silver gel pen, fine liner pen

Ommatokoita is a parasitic copepod that attaches to the cornea of primarily Greenland sharks (although they have been found on Pacific sleeper sharks too!) to feed on eye tissue, despite the visual impairment this causes these sharks are still able to survive hundreds of years without significant effects [1]

[iguana-and-fish]

Ho boy, this was a fun one!! Day 14 of @montereybayaquarium Deep Sea December Challenge

This one's prompt was Twilight, so some Twilight Zone

Not the angle I drew it at, but honestly, looks better this way :)

[vintagewildlife]

Copepod nauplius By: Eric V. Gravé From: The Science of Zoology 1966

[patheticmosasaur1]

today's invertebrate.................lernaeocera branchialis

lernaeocera branchialis is the official director of all things fleshy and dongly. this means that she can look at a flesh thing and tell you how warm or fresh it is, and she has access to all varieties of lobed flabby parts to flick and feel the textures of

now to those of you who are not 'in the know' this drivel means nothing, but trust me, it's a very very big deal!!! with a title like that she can cause horrible fluctuations and dips in the flesh stock market and potentially send millions back to earning money from wet casinos!!

glorpiness rating: nom glorm flom pam~

photographed by Nazarov Lev (absentfish) (CC BY-NC 4.0)