Creatures from the Abyss
For those of us stuck in the city and longing for a dip in the ocean, here are some remarkable images of life in the sea from the book, The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss by Claire Nouvian.
This is a photo of Grimpoteuthis, the dumbo octopus, which measures 20 cm in length:
This creature, 2 cm in length, doesn't yet have a name:
The name of this creature, 8 cm across, is Mertensia ovum.
It's a member of the phylum Ctnenophora, more commonly known as comb jellies.
This is a photo of Grimpoteuthis, the dumbo octopus, which measures 20 cm in length:
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4 Comments:
That middle one is clearly a red-crested MickJagger Fish
The question is how will it sound in Latin?
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there is a blogger - Phila - who regularly posts Friday Nudibranch
http://bouphonia.blogspot.com/2007/05/friday-nudibranch-blogging_25.html
found the link
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