Not exact matches
There are enough troublesome pests in Ireland today, such as the introduced New Zealand
flatworm, which people would
like to send on its merry way with some modern - day St. Patrick - style sorcery.
The Persian carpet
flatworm, the cuttlefish and the black ghost knifefish look nothing
like each other — their last common ancestor lived 550 million years ago, before the Cambrian period — but a new study uses a combination of computer simulations, a robotic fish and video footage of real fish to show that all three aquatic creatures have evolved to swim with elongated fins using the same mechanical motion that optimizes their speed, helping to ensure their survival.
Insights gained from our basic research on planarian biology have also led us to study parasitic
flatworms,
like schistosomes and tapeworms.
- A swimming machine driven by the deformation of a sheet -
like body inspired Polyclad
flatworms.
Giovanni Maffei, Ivan herreros, Giovanni Maffei, Ivan herreros, Marti Sanchez - Fibla, Paul Verschure A swimming machine driven by the deformation of a sheet -
like body inspired by polyclad
flatworms.
With these soft corals we often find our macro
like Squat lobsters both hairy and common, squat shrimps, translucent anemone shrimp, nudibranchs, orangutan crabs, hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, mantis shrimps and
flatworms as well as isopods.
Looking carefully on these sponges you'll find even weirder looking critters
like this Hairy squat lobster and polyclad
flatworm behind it.
With an extensive soft coral garden hosting plenty of xenia specimens, some macro life was found: nudibranchs,
like the Chromodoris and Flabellina,
flatworms, Orangutan and Porcelain Crab and also the Raja Ampat Denise Pygmy Seahorse!
This dive site was ideal for macro lovers considering the abundant amount of colorful nudibranchs, sea slugs and
flatworms spotted by our dive guides especially in the shallows, together with crustaceans
like the Hairy Shrimp; besides that it was an opportunity to spot a Denise Pygmy Seahorse!
Some of the marine life seen during the dive included: Banded Sea Snake, Day Octopus, Hawksbill Turtle and smaller creatures,
like the Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorse, nudibranchs, five different kinds of
flatworms, headshield slug, Hairy Shrimp and even a nocturnal Epaulette Shark.
Due to the strenght of the currents during the day, our groups spend most of the time along the northern wall looking for critters
like Crinoid and Wire Coral Shrimp, Soft Coral Pipefish,
flatworms, nudibranchs, Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorse and more.
There were a few highlights pointed by the guides
like Skeleton Shrimp, Spiny Lobster, nudibranchs,
flatworms, Green and Hawksbill Turtle, different species of moray eel and also a Whitetip Reef Shark!
There were plenty of options both in terms of pelagic, Black tip and Grey Reef Shark, Napoleon Wrasse and schooling fusiliers, as of macro, Orangutan Crab, nudibranchs,
like the Pikachu,
flatworms and pipefishes,
like the Ringed Pipefish.
Look closing anywhere and everywhere and you see lots of really tiny stuff too,
like this Sapphire
flatworm
Bargibanti, Denise and Raja Ampat Denise Pygmy Seahorses were found, different nudibranchs,
like the Flabellina, and
flatworms too.
YAY I GOT A
FLATWORM Looks
like it was possible to get on the island afterall!