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Lepidochitona cinerea

๐Ÿš๐Ÿ›ธ This is a ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป! They are shelled mollusks like limpets but donโ€™t you think that they look like spaceships or a robots with their very peculiar shell made of 8 plates?

๐Ÿชจ๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ They are very commonly found under rocks of the intertidal zone, and this one just wishes to go hide againโ€ฆ

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A new member of the Jayson’s family

๐Ÿค” ๐ŸŒฑ The most likely hypothesis is that one of them reproduced asexually by ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™—๐™ช๐™™๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ. 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!! Isnโ€™t it amazing?! Asexual reproduction or cloning is actually a common...

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Dynamene bidendata

Have you ever heard of isopods?
Open your eyes, because this species, ๐˜‹๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข, is one of the most commonly found in the intertidal zone on the NE altantic coast!

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In the eye of a scallop

๐Ÿ‘€ 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 retinasโ€ฆ 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...

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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!

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Amphipholis squamata

โญ๏ธ๐ŸŒŸโญ๏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 armsโ€ฆ

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