Nov 23, 2022
top 5 weird sea creatures?
5. phyllosoma! these guys are just larval stages of spiny lobsters but ive seen these irl and theyre So flat its fucked. marine larval stages as a whole get a shoutout, its rly interesting how lots of sea creatures body plans change so much that they fill completely different ecological niches throughout their lives
4. chaetognaths :) arrow worms :) [is so small that water is viscous to me and i have to shoot myself like a bow and arrow through the water to catch prey]
3. cliones! got to meet these guys in july and theyre so enchanting. eating you
2. pyrosomes! i heart colonial tunicates
stygiomedusa gigantea my BELOVEDDDDDDDDDDD. seen here with her best friend of all time a cusk eel :)))
#marine biology#my asks#tyyyyyyyyyyyy!#i tried to pick more Obscure creachures altho im sure ppl have heard of 1&2 before if theyve followed me for long enough fhdsbfkds#it was hard thinking of just 5 since thinking of one makes me think of other related animals#im also sure there are 'weirder' ones that im not remembering rn#like obvs s. gigantea is not rly that 'weird' like there are plenty weirder jellyfish#but shes number one to me <333#lobsters#chaetognaths#sea slugs#pyrosomes#jellyfish