May 11th, 2013
February 24th, 2013
Painted Protoreaster (at Fish & Co.™)
February 8th, 2013
Echinus tylodes
is a species of sea urchin in the family Echinidae. It is white with rather sparse pink spines and is endemic to the eastern coast of North America including the Gulf of Mexico. E. tylodes has a sub-globular test that is about two thirds as high as it is wide and grows to a diameter of 10 cm (4 in).
It is often found around deep-water corals, sitting on the coral branches or around coral mounds among the remains of dead corals. Examination of the gut contents of this species showed small shells and the skeletons of hydroids…
(read more: Wikipedia) (photo: Dr. Steve Ross, NOAA/UNC)
January 17th, 2013
Basket Stars backside
This is a Basket Star holding on to a finger sponge while it feeds on plankton in the current. This photo was taken in Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada
January 9th, 2013
Red Sea Urchin with white Plumose Anemones
Photos taken in Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada
January 4th, 2013
- Slept at 2 a.m. and got woken up at 5 a.m.
- My head hurts because the lack of sleep but I just can’t go back to sleep.
- I’ve tried laying down and closed my eyes.
- Here’s a picture of brutally impaled echinoderm that describe everything:
December 13th, 2012
Hawaiian Brisingid Starfish Found Around Unexploded Munitions in Hawaii
by ChrisM - Echinoblog
To put it briefly, there’s a lot of unexploded bombs and munitions about 5 miles off the coast of the island of Oahu (and other locations throughout the Hawaiian Islands).
What are brisingids? Short answer: Sea Stars/Starfish that put their arms up into the water to capture food using a special kind of “starfish velcro”.
Go here to see a full write up about these weird deep-sea starfish!
(read more about: Echinoblog)
(photos: Chris Kelley, Hawaiian Undersea Research Labs)
December 3rd, 2012
heartmindawakening: Iconaster longimanus, family Goniasteridae, Indo-Pacific
(Source: heartbloodspirit)
November 29th, 2012
Unidentified ophuiroid (Ophiocreas?) wrapped in a soft coral
November 2nd, 2012
A bright orange sea star (Pseudarchaster myobrachius) seen at the Northampton Seamounts (deep sea), a pair of forgotten peaks in the middle of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
