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Lepidochitona cinerea
๐๐ธ This is a ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป! They are shelled mollusks like limpets but donโt you think that they look like spaceships or a robots with their very peculiar shell made of 8 plates?
๐ชจ๐ถ๏ธ They are very commonly found under rocks of the intertidal zone, and this one just wishes to go hide againโฆ
A new member of the Jayson’s family
๐ค ๐ฑ The most likely hypothesis is that one of them reproduced asexually by ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ช๐๐๐๐ฃ๐. A bit inside one anemone (a bud) basically detached in the internal cavity to form a new animal, that was then ejected by the mouth!! Isnโt it amazing?! Asexual reproduction or cloning is actually a common...
Dynamene bidendata
Have you ever heard of isopods?
Open your eyes, because this species, ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ข, is one of the most commonly found in the intertidal zone on the NE altantic coast!
The scary lump of a squat lobster…
What can be the lump on the side of some squat lobster of the species Galathea squamifera?
This is a parasitic isopod!
Jayson moves a lot, this is how he does!
Sea anemones are often considered as sessile or fixed animals. But they actually move often, discover how in an accelerated video of Jayson!
In the eye of a scallop
๐ The little "beads" are the eyes! Did you know that scallop eyes are very special? Scallop have up to 200 reflecting eyes that focus light onto two retinasโฆ and each eye works like a tiny telescope with an array of mirrors at the back!! The biological mirrors are comprised of flat, square guanine...
Elysia viridis
This adorable sea slug is the sacoglossan Elysia viridis. This is a Gastropod mollusca, just like land snails and slugs. You can identify this common species of the intertidal zone with its beautiful blue-green iridescent spots shining in the sun!
Jayson’s water
This is how we used to prepare Jayson’s water!
Ostracoda sp.
Ostracods, with their weird clam-like morphology and too many legs, are surprising in so many aspects!
Amphipholis squamata
โญ๏ธ๐โญ๏ธ Did you know that Brittle Stars are relatives of starfish? Yep, they belong to the same family! That explains why they also have 5 armsโฆ