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Eats algae and phytoplankton and fruits of ...
The giant clam has a symbiotic relationship with
joined in the second photo. I believe this is likely another
sheltered areas such as lagoons and reef flats and feed on
Photo take at -35 ft on a coral reef. small juvenile one around 2 cm long. ...
This was a 1 ml sample from a plankton net-tow during the HOE-DYLAN expedition ...
Recognisable by the golden stripes that run down the length of its body. It is ...
Glows bright green under the water at night (reacts to movement)
Rectangular-shaped diatom with a spike at each end and this round structure ...
Long, thin algae with pointed tips forming chains in some cases, but many of ...
Less common than some of the other algae species we observed under the ...
Thin diatoms that have pointed tips and instead of a straight overlap, they ...
Solitary, circle-shaped diatom with lots of little speckles in it that I ...
water circulation to 300 feet. Feeds upon zooplankton,
by casting a large, mucous web in order to catch a variety of
, especially sea lettuce Ulva lactuca. During the planktonic phase of life they ...
Aplidium solidum is a compound tunicate that grows on rocks and other hard ...
I think this may be a side view or a different species from my other spotting ...
Members of this genus were the most common plankton in this sample. These ones ...
This chain of diatoms looked different than some of the others I saw, as the ...
There were quite a few copepods in this seawater sample. I believe this is a ...
phytoplankton, small shrimp, and small ...
These are really interesting as they can photosynthesize and they can also move ...
found one. Probably more than 95% of the plankton we observed in this sample ...
chironomids insect larvae, and diatoms. Desmeds and other
. The shells are lightly purple on the inside.
They feed primarily on
It is a species of bream, recognisable by the golden stripes that run down the ...
It is a species of bream, recognisable by the golden stripes that run down the ...
. To feed, they constantly filter out bacteria and
The shells are blue with some brown streaky bands. The beaks of the shell are ...
This chain had at least a dozen individuals on it. This one had very distinct ...