Various InvertebratesMarineThemes2017-12-20T12:56:58-06:00
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Giant Pink Sea Star (Pisaster brevispinus) burrowing for clams. Giant Pink Sea Star (Pisaster brevispinus) burrowing for clams. Asteroidea eat eating eater feed feeding feeder consume consuming devour devouring catch catching hunt hunting hunter gather gathering forage foraging eat eating eater caught magenta single one alone lonely isolated individual five sea-star sea-stars seastar seastars starfish star fish star-fish sand sandy sandflat seabed sea bed sea-bed seafloor sea-floor floor |Giant Pink Sea Star (Pisaster brevispinus)
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Painted Anemones (Urticina crassicornis) showing colour variations. Painted Anemones (Urticina crassicornis) showing colour variations. two pair couple together duo paired partner partners twin partnership colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint purple mauve pink yellow red white sting stings stinger stinging stingers toxic toxin poison poisonous poisonos tentacle tentacles grip grab gripping grabbing hold holding grasp grasping grasped held |Painted Anemones (Urticina crassicornis)
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Bulb Tunicates (Oxycorynia fascicularis) Bulb Tunicates (Oxycorynia fascicularis) two pair couple together duo paired partner partners twin partnership mass many group together same identical similar colony tunicate ascidian ascidians |Bulb Tunicates (Oxycorynia fascicularis)
Purple Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus prupuratus) surrounding kelp holdfast. Purple Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus prupuratus) surrounding kelp holdfast. many mass together spines spikey sharp pointed mass many group together same identical similar overwhelm overwhelmed overwhelming overwelm overwelmed overwelming over whelm whelmed welming whelming welmed welm purple mauve seaweed seabed sea bed floor Various Invert |Purple Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus prupuratus)
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Red Tubercled Sea Star Pentaceraster tuberculatus) Detail of spines. Red Tubercled Sea Star Pentaceraster tuberculatus) Detail of spines. Asteroidea single one alone lonely isolated individual colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint yellow gold golden spike spikes spiked spine spines sharp point pointed cone cones pattern skin starfish star-fish |Red Tubercled Sea Star Pentaceraster tuberculatus
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Brisingid Sea Star (Novodinia antillensis) Deep sea species photographed off Roatan, Honduras. Brisingid Sea Star (Novodinia antillensis) Deep sea species photographed off Roatan, Honduras. Asteroidea Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Brisingida (Order) > Brisingidae (Family) mass many group together same identical similar soft delicate fragile breakable filter filtering filtered seive seives seiving filters sift sifting sifter sifted seived arm arms starfish star-fish sea-star abyss abyssal |Brisingid Sea Star (Novodinia antillensis)
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Warty Sea Star (Echinaster callosus) Warty Sea Star (Echinaster callosus) Asteroidea Echinodermata single one alone lonely isolated individual line lines lined stripe stripes striped patterns pattern band bands banded colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint mauve purple magenta grip grab gripping grabbing hold holding grasp grasping grasped held starfish sea-star star-fish vertical |Warty Sea Star (Echinaster callosus)
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Painted Anemones (Uricina crassicornis) growing through a covering bed of Red Soft Corals (Gersemia rubiformis) Painted Anemones (Uricina crassicornis) growing through a covering bed of Red Soft Corals (Gersemia rubiformis) two pair couple together duo paired partner partners twin partnership colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint pink orange yellow white soft delicate fragile breakable tentacle tentacles anemone |Painted Anemones (Uricina crassicornis)
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Crinoid (Cromanthina sp.) on sea fan. Crinoid (Cromanthina sp.) on sea fan. colorful colourful red blue yellow arms Various Invert |Crinoid (Cromanthina sp.)
Spiral Worms (Spirobranchus giganteus) or Christmas Tree Worms growing on Porites coral. Spiral Worms (Spirobranchus giganteus) or Christmas Tree Worms growing on Porites coral. Serpulidae and Sabellidae mass many group together same identical similar colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint blue yellow gold orange soft delicate fragile breakable |Spiral Worms (Spirobranchus giganteus)
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Purple Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus prupuratus) Purple Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus prupuratus) spikes spines spikey spiky spiny spiney many mass mauve sharp pointed painful Various Invert |Purple Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus prupuratus)
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Crown Of Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) feeding on hard corals. Crown Of Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) feeding on hard corals. Asteroidea starfish sea-star star-fish Echinodermata single one alone lonely isolated individual spike spikes spiked spine spines sharp point pointed barb barbed toxic toxicity poison poisonous danger dangerous kill killer death poisoning killing sea star seastar sea-star arms |Crown Of Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci)
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Cushion Sea Star (Culcita coriacea) on sand slope below coral reef. Cushion Sea Star (Culcita coriacea) on sand slope below coral reef. Asteroidea starfish sea-star star-fish Echinodermata pin pin-cushion spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks starfish sand sandy sandflat seabed sea bed sea-bed seafloor sea-floor floor crawl crawling vertical |Cushion Sea Star (Culcita coriacea)
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Knobby Sea Star (Protoreaster nodosus) among sea grass. Knobby Sea Star (Protoreaster nodosus) seagrass plant plants flora photosynthisis photosynthesis photosynthesise fodder sea bed seabed sea-bed bottom benthic knob knobs arm arms starfish star-fish crawl crawling sand sandy sandflat seabed sea bed sea-bed seafloor sea-floor floor |Knobby Sea Star (Protoreaster nodosus)
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Bobbit Worm (Eunice aphroditois) Voracious predatory worm catches fish, crustaceans and other animals in it's powerful trap jaws. Bobbit Worm (Eunice aphroditois) Voracious predatory worm catches fish, crustaceans and other animals in it's powerful trap jaws. strange unusual weird bizarre bizzare bizzarre ugly freak freaky danger dangerous killer kill predator predater hunt hunter carnivour carnivor carnivore threat threaten science fiction alien vertical Various Invert |Bobbit Worm (Eunice aphroditois)
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Green Crinoid (Oxycomanthus bennetti) Green Crinoid (Oxycomanthus bennetti) vertical green colour color arms Various Invert |Green Crinoid (Oxycomanthus bennetti)
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Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia graeffei) Detail of sticky pads used to pick up food and transfer to central mouth. Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia graeffei) Detail of sticky pads used to pick up food and transfer to central mouth. single one alone lonely isolated individual spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks strange unusual weird bizarre bizzare bizzarre ugly freak freaky |Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia graeffei)