#zooplankton — Public Fediverse posts

Iridescent ctenophore by Pete Harmsen

Ctenophores (comb jellies) are technically classified as gelatinous zooplankton, but they are extraordinary creatures in several key ways:

Pioneers of the Animal Kingdom: Phylogenetically, ctenophores are among the oldest animal lineages on Earth, having diverged long before complex fish or crustaceans evolved.

#photography
#MarineLife
#biodiversity
#plankton
#zooplankton
#ctenophores

Iridescent ctenophore by Pete Harmsen

Ctenophores (comb jellies) are technically classified as gelatinous zooplankton, but they are extraordinary creatures in several key ways:

Pioneers of the Animal Kingdom: Phylogenetically, ctenophores are among the oldest animal lineages on Earth, having diverged long before complex fish or crustaceans evolved.

#photography
#MarineLife
#biodiversity
#plankton
#zooplankton
#ctenophores

Iridescent ctenophore by Pete Harmsen

Ctenophores (comb jellies) are technically classified as gelatinous zooplankton, but they are extraordinary creatures in several key ways:

Pioneers of the Animal Kingdom: Phylogenetically, ctenophores are among the oldest animal lineages on Earth, having diverged long before complex fish or crustaceans evolved.

#photography
#MarineLife
#biodiversity
#plankton
#zooplankton
#ctenophores

Iridescent ctenophore by Pete Harmsen

Ctenophores (comb jellies) are technically classified as gelatinous zooplankton, but they are extraordinary creatures in several key ways:

Pioneers of the Animal Kingdom: Phylogenetically, ctenophores are among the oldest animal lineages on Earth, having diverged long before complex fish or crustaceans evolved.

#photography
#MarineLife
#biodiversity
#plankton
#zooplankton
#ctenophores

Iridescent ctenophore by Pete Harmsen

Ctenophores (comb jellies) are technically classified as gelatinous zooplankton, but they are extraordinary creatures in several key ways:

Pioneers of the Animal Kingdom: Phylogenetically, ctenophores are among the oldest animal lineages on Earth, having diverged long before complex fish or crustaceans evolved.

#photography
#MarineLife
#biodiversity
#plankton
#zooplankton
#ctenophores

Beyond the cute 'Pokémon' figures of the deep, there’s this: microscopic zooplankton. Translucent, iridescing, and utterly alien, these delicate creatures form the vital link that powers almost all marine life on Earth

#photography
#MarineLife
#biodiversity
#plankton
#zooplankton

Beyond the cute 'Pokémon' figures of the deep, there’s this: microscopic zooplankton. Translucent, iridescing, and utterly alien, these delicate creatures form the vital link that powers almost all marine life on Earth

#photography
#MarineLife
#biodiversity
#plankton
#zooplankton

Beyond the cute 'Pokémon' figures of the deep, there’s this: microscopic zooplankton. Translucent, iridescing, and utterly alien, these delicate creatures form the vital link that powers almost all marine life on Earth

#photography
#MarineLife
#biodiversity
#plankton
#zooplankton

Beyond the cute 'Pokémon' figures of the deep, there’s this: microscopic zooplankton. Translucent, iridescing, and utterly alien, these delicate creatures form the vital link that powers almost all marine life on Earth

#photography
#MarineLife
#biodiversity
#plankton
#zooplankton

Beyond the cute 'Pokémon' figures of the deep, there’s this: microscopic zooplankton. Translucent, iridescing, and utterly alien, these delicate creatures form the vital link that powers almost all marine life on Earth

#photography
#MarineLife
#biodiversity
#plankton
#zooplankton