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#marinecreatures — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Named for their resemblance to old-fashioned quills, sea pens are colonies of polyps that inhabit the ocean floor! All of the polyps work together & each has a role to play. There are feeding polyps to catch plankton and polyps that circulate water to keep the colony ventilated.

    American Museum of Natural History
    @AMNH #ocean #marinecreatures #polyps

  2. Antarctica’s fragile #plankton ready for research antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/an

    "For the first time, a range of fragile and exotic #MarineCreatures, captured in waters off #Antarctica in perfect condition, are being housed in the Australian Antarctic Division’s research #aquarium. The gelatinous organisms include predatory #SeaAngels and #CombJellies that were captured in RSV #Nuyina’s unique ‘wet well’, during a recent voyage to Mawson research station."

  3. Antarctica’s fragile #plankton ready for research antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/an

    "For the first time, a range of fragile and exotic #MarineCreatures, captured in waters off #Antarctica in perfect condition, are being housed in the Australian Antarctic Division’s research #aquarium. The gelatinous organisms include predatory #SeaAngels and #CombJellies that were captured in RSV #Nuyina’s unique ‘wet well’, during a recent voyage to Mawson research station."

  4. Antarctica’s fragile #plankton ready for research antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/an

    "For the first time, a range of fragile and exotic #MarineCreatures, captured in waters off #Antarctica in perfect condition, are being housed in the Australian Antarctic Division’s research #aquarium. The gelatinous organisms include predatory #SeaAngels and #CombJellies that were captured in RSV #Nuyina’s unique ‘wet well’, during a recent voyage to Mawson research station."

  5. Antarctica’s fragile #plankton ready for research antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/an

    "For the first time, a range of fragile and exotic #MarineCreatures, captured in waters off #Antarctica in perfect condition, are being housed in the Australian Antarctic Division’s research #aquarium. The gelatinous organisms include predatory #SeaAngels and #CombJellies that were captured in RSV #Nuyina’s unique ‘wet well’, during a recent voyage to Mawson research station."

  6. Antarctica’s fragile #plankton ready for research antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/an

    "For the first time, a range of fragile and exotic #MarineCreatures, captured in waters off #Antarctica in perfect condition, are being housed in the Australian Antarctic Division’s research #aquarium. The gelatinous organisms include predatory #SeaAngels and #CombJellies that were captured in RSV #Nuyina’s unique ‘wet well’, during a recent voyage to Mawson research station."