The Red Shrimp

Just an amateur photo-snapper who loves the ocean and invertebrates. Also weird and straight as a rainbow.

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Fried Egg Jellyfish, Phacellophora camtschatica

A cute little juvenile one.

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OCTOPUS!!!!

I don’t what what species it is but it was so damn cute!

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Hydromedusa, Solmissus sp.

...or so I think...

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Brooding Anemone, Epiactis sp.

The tiny anemones around the large one aren’t buds, but are offspring that were fertilized in the mother’s gastrovascular cavity and then transported out around her column.

This teal color isn’t quite typical where I am - most are brown, reddish, or a much duller green.

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Ctenophore, Euplokamis dunlapae

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Crystal Jelly, Aequorea sp.

Green fluorescent protein (GFP) was first isolated from this jelly!  Contrary to popular belief, only a ring around the margin of the bell is bioluminescent - the whole animal doesn’t glow.

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Swimming Anemone, Stomphia coccinea

On sensing a predator, this sea anemone detaches from the substrate and flexes is column back and forth to swim away with the current.

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Pelagic polychaete, Tomopteris sp.

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Ctenophore, Beroe sp.

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Ice Cream Cone Worm, Pectinariidae

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Hydromedusa, Stomotoca atra

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Hyperiid amphipod, Phronima sp.

This amphipod kills and consumes salps, stealing the gelatinous “house” the salp lived in and using it as its own.

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Hydromedusa, Neoturris breviconis

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Hydromedusa, Aegina citrea

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Brittle Star

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Siphonophore, Nanomia bijuga

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Hermit Crab, Pagurus sp. ?