CMarZ gallery animals

These are some of the zooplankton found on the CMarZ April cruise in the Sargasso Sea. Unless otherwise noted, they were taken by Russ Hopcroft, Univ. of Alaska.

 

Abylopsis-tetragona_1a.jpg
Abylopsis-tetragona
Siphonophore
Atlanta_peroni_1a.jpg
Atlanta_peroni
A swimming mollusc
Heteropod
Atlanta_peroni_1k.jpg
Atlanta_peroni
A swimming mollusc
Heteropod
Baby_anenome1a.jpg
Baby_anenome
the tentacles will point up when it settles on the sea floor
Anemone

Baby_octopus
Two big eyes give away this guy's predacious habit
Mollusc
Baby_squid1b.jpg
Baby_squid
Mollusc
Brachyscelus-crusculum_1b.jpg
Brachyscelus crusculum
Amphipod
Chelophyes_appendiculata_1a.jpg
Chelophyes_appendiculata
Siphonophore
Conchaecilla_daphnoides_1b.jpg
Conchoecilla_daphnoides
Bioluminesces at tip of rostrum and tail, probably to appear larger as a defense against predators
Ostracod
Conchoecissa_imbricata_1c.jpg
Conchoecissa_imbricata
One of the strongest vertical migrants of all the ostracods; from 500m to the surface. About 2 mm long
Ostracod
Creseis_chierchiae.jpg
Creseis_chierchiae
A swimming mollusc
Pteropod
Crucibranchaea_macrochira_1d.jpg
Crucibranchaea_macrochira
A swimming mollusc
Shell-less Pteropod 

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