The mighty Japanese spider crab is larger than life. 🦀
These crabs roam along the seafloor on their long limber legs, which can span up to 12 feet from claw to claw! These slow-moving scavengers spend much of their …
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You’ve heard of the itsy bitsy spider, now meet the giant sea spider. 🕷️
mbari-blog: Like spiders on land, sea spiders—also known as pycnogonids—come in a range of sizes and appearances. They’re widespread and occur across a variety of ocean environments. The deep …
You don’t have to twist our arms to have us share our love of the basket star!
These deep-sea denizens are echinoderms, a group that includes sea stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, and kin. The brilliant basket stars boast a compact body and long …
Just like a school of sardines, life is better when you stick together!
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What’s not to love about the bloody-belly comb jelly?
Its crimson colors and dazzling diffraction have us swooning all year long. 😍😍😍 🎥: Deepest thanks to our research partners @mbari_news for the deep-sea footage! Source link
“Yay. Monday,” the fringehead said sarcastically.
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Rise and brine! It’s king tides day! 👑🌊
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On Wednesdays we wear pink
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We’re mauve-struck! 🤩
The mesmerizing mauve stinger is a stunner, literally! Although small in size (its bell can be a few inches in diameter), its long tentacles and the bumps on its …
Shark searenity 🦈😌
The sleek and spotted leopard shark swims stealthily through stalks of stupendously sunlit seaweed in search of a savory snack. Source link