#intertidalinvertebrates — Public Fediverse posts

There's a sea cucumber hidden down there in the dark! New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/04/cukes-worms-etc.html #VancouverIsland #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineInvertebrates #InverteFest #NaturePhotography

Oysters have such amazing zig-zag shells! New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/.../low-tide-sampler.html #VancouverIsland #Oysters #InverteFest #Molluscs #Invertebrates #MarineInvertebrates #IntertidalInvertebrates #NaturePhotography

Sea anemones have feelings, too! Plumose anemone protests against falling tide. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/04/anemone-doings.html #VancouverIsland #Anemones #Invertebrates #MarineInvertebrates #IntertidalInvertebrates #NaturePhotography

"Don't come any closer: I'll grab you and pinch you to death!" Purple shore crab defends his home territory. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/04/courageous-crab-and-two-not-so-brave.html #VancouverIsland #Crabs #Invertebrates #MarineInvertebrates #IntertidalInvertebrates #NaturePhotography

Mussels, barnacles, oysters glued to an intertidal rock. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/03/staying-put.html #VancouverIsland #Oysters #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineInvertebrates #NaturePhotography

Pink-tipped green anemones in the upper intertidal zone. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/when-sun-shines.html #VancouverIsland #Anemones #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineInvertebrates #NaturePhotography

Everything comes to an end eventually. I've run out of good hermit photos, so I'm pausing the Daily Hermit posts for now. (Just in time for Arachtober.) Here's a GrainyHand, deciding whether it's safe to come out of the shell. He's halfway there; GrainyHands, feeling threatened, retreat deep inside, out of sight. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Say ah! A "tonsil" level view of a Grainy Hand hermit. (Who has no tonsils, but you get the idea.) 3 sets of maxillipeds, clearly visible; behind these are the small chewing and sorting appendages, the maxillae and maxillules, and at the back the strong, crushing jaws, or mandibles. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Textures; knobs and sawteeth and hairs... A Grainy Hand hermit in the sunlight. An old friend; I named him "Big Blue". #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Deceptive; it looks like an eye like ours; it's not. Hermits have compound eyes, with thousands of ommatidia, each with its own lens. Wild guess: does the black spot in the centre work as camouflage, an imitation of the lens of a vertebrate's eye? #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Hi, there! Hermits in a tank like to sit right up against the glass, watching the big world outside. Sometimes I wonder what they think of us and our frantic dashing about. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Another freshly molted hermit, waiting while her skin stretches and hardens, safely hidden high in the sea lettuce. Here in the tank there are few predators; no fish, no gulls, no octopuses. But there's always a crab or two down on the sand. Vicious little beasts, says Hermie, always ready for a snack of soft hermit abdomen! #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

The everlasting search for new togs. It's not only after a molt that a hermit decides to switch shells. You never know; this one might be more roomy, lighter, more comfortable; better check it out! #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Midnight activity; a Holm's hermit on a feeding barnacle. With a pregnant copepod and something unidentfiable; white tentacles with fuzzy tops. Many marine critters are more active at night. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Tending to the brood. Video of a Hairy hermit crab with her eggs. #HermitCrabs #DailyHermit #Invertebrates #IntertidalInvertebrates #Nature https://youtu.be/4xfEJB6vgow?si=1ufqJX_zv3CHrdAH

Big responibility. Hairy hermit, in berry, with her hundred or so eggs. She'll tend to them for weeks, moving them in and out of the shell, washing and grooming them, until they hatch and float away. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

"Furry". Like Grandad, this hermit wears a coat of epibionts, but he's younger and more recently colonized; hydroids cover both the hermit and his shell. He clutches his mate; she's fuzz-free. As are his eyes. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Barnacle, hermit, barnacles. This hermit's a Hairy, serving both as barnacle transport and barnacle clean-up crew. Essential services.#VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit #Invertefest

In this together. Accidental triple exposure. Focusing through folded pages of a book, the camera caught the switch between screen saver photos. Hermit, tree, sky, marine life encyclopedia, tech; we sink or swim together. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit #Invertefest #AccidentalPhotography

Holms' hermit, on the job. When a barnacle dies, hermits quickly clean it out, removing the interior plates, scrubbing the walls, leaving the place ready for occupancy by other critters: anemones, worms, even fishes. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit #Invertefest

Living in a cave? Or is that a hungry fish? I keep coming back to this pic and wondering. What was she thinking? That shell is far too big for her! Or maybe not; she flips it over and walks away with it. She's stronger than she looks. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit #Invertefest

Black-eyed hermit, making a mess. He's in a tidy tank in a local aquarium; so neat and clean he is, but look at the snowstorm under his shell; he's stirring up the sand in search of edibles. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit #Invertefest

Block party. A half-dozen hermits spending the afternoon together; the ones on top get a good view, but everyone benefits: comfort, companionship, shared information, safety. Maybe more; they would know. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

"How's it going, buddy?" Hermits are social critters. They spend hours just hanging out with their friends, preferably on some high spot where they can watch the world go by. Two Grainy-Hands meet on a clamshell lookout. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Homebody. This tiny hermit lives in a tubeworm's empty tube rather than in a snail shell. She never leaves the tube; her mate visits her wearing a piece of broken tube. An uncoiled abdomen fits in tidily. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Quality time. A Hairy hermit couple hangs out cosily together, sitting in the sunlight, letting time pass. He holds her by the rim of her shell; she rests quietly, taps his cheliped when it's time for action. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Living dangerously. A miniature hermit balances on the tip of the leg of a small shore crab. She's tiny, but valiant. In the second photo, an even tinier hermit walks along a crab's cheliped, ignoring the watchful eye above. It's a big world out there; so many adventures ahead! #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

New outfit, with all the trimmings. Minutes ago, this hermit backed out of the old exoskeleton, leaving behind hairs and eyes and antennae and all. But here he is with everything intact, all prepared under cover of the old skin. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Old clothes. A growing hermit backs out of the old, too small exoskeleton. Everything goes: the whole cephalothorax, legs and chelipeds, eyes and antennae, tiny hairs. The new skin is soft, stretchy. For a short while. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Secret shelter. I picked up an old clamshell, heavy with barnacles, and looked inside. Find the hermit! At low tide, hidden space is highly prized; 3 hermits share the space with assorted snails and worms. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Just another pretty face? Hairy hermit faces the camera, shows off her handy eating utensils. With them, she holds two servings of her favourite meal; shrimp pellets. And with her small cheliped, a toy. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Tiny hermit found under a stone in a tidepool on a sandstone, rock-littered shore. Probably a Holm's hermit. (And I replaced the stone, of course.) #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit