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| MOLLUSKS as a phylum include snails and clams, squids and octopuses, opisthobranchs (nudibranchs), chitons, nautilus and cuttlefish. Most mollusks carry an external shell for protection, although some do not (such as the nudibranch, left below) or carry only a vestigial shell. |
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| Eastern Pacific Opisthobranchs, such as Flabellina iodinea |
Squid, such as Loligo opalescens |
Shelled mollusks, such as Delonovolva aequalis (a.k.a. Simnia vidleri) |
| MARINE ARTHROPODS include crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, shrimp and krill) and barnacles. |
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| Pelagic red crabs (Pleuroncodes planipes) |
Hermit crab |
Krill |
| CNIDARIANS (coelenterates) include jellyfish, anemones, corals and sea fans and gorgonians. They do not have true organ structures, having evolved just enough to develop tissues. Tentacles often surround the single body opening, which serves as both mouth and anus. As a phylum, cnidarians exhibit both asexual (budding) and sexual (via gametes) reproduction. Secreted cells named nematocysts are characteristic of cnidarians. These stinging cells are found in tentacles and on the surface tissue of the animal, and are used for defense and the capture of prey. |
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| Bubbing juvenile anemones |
Tubastrea |
Gelatinous zooplankton |
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| Temperate Eastern Pacific gorgonians, colonial cnidarians |
Open ocean jellyfish, marine aliens |
| OTHER RIGHTEOUS AND COOL invertebrates we like to photograph include bryozoans, tunicates, hydroids and worms, genus Cypraea specimens (cowries) and genus Conus specimens. |
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| Cluster of lightbulb tunicates, Clavelina huntsmani |
Feather duster worm, Eudistylia polymorpha |
The famous Glory of the Seas cone, Conus gloriamaris, is historically one of the most sought-after and beautiful of seashells. |
| Keywords: marine, ocean, invertebrate, invertebrates, photograph, photographs, Flabellina iodinea, Loligo opalescens, Delonovolva aequalis, Simnia vidleri, Pleuroncodes planipes, Pagurus granosimanus, Olivella biplicata, Tubastrea coccinea, mollusks, crustaceans, anemones, pelagic zooplankton, pelagic red tuna crabs, squid, bryozoans, tunicates, hydroids, opisthobranchs (nudibranchs), gorgonians. |
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