Sentences with word «seadragon»

In the course of this work, our group discovered the Ruby Seadragon, which is only the third species of seadragon worldwide.

Rouse says seeing the ruby seadragon alive confirms that they lack such lacy protuberances.

The surrounding area was what Rouse calls a «sponge garden», in contrast to the kelp - filled waters that leafy and common seadragons inhabit.

Ruby seadragons, a kind of spiny fish that lives in the deep waters off Western Australia, have been recorded alive and swimming for the first time.

Proceeds will directly support the ability of the Symposium host to provide this forum and to support on - going in - situ and ex-situ seadragon research and conservation.

This Symposium hopes to join biologists, nutritionists, veterinarians, field researchers and vendors to review the latest advances in seadragon care, conservation and public display.

In hopes of getting a rare glimpse of the newly discovered third species of seadragon, researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the Western Australian Museum led a scientific expedition off the coast of Western Australia to find Ruby Seadragons in the wild.

During the fourth and final dive, they happened upon a ruby seadragon and followed it to another, watching them both feed and move through the strong ocean swells.

8 night safaris involve great white shark diving plus they coincide with the cuttlefish mating season and involve leafy and weedy seadragons and sea lions!

These relatives of the ruby seadragon have fleshy appendages that help them move about and hide among sea kelp in the rocky reefs where they live.

Red is the first colour seawater absorbs from sunlight, so at that depth, no red light will bounce off these seadragons, making it hard for predators to see them.

Have a look at the boat and check out the adrenalin - filled action of the great white shark cage diving, plus seals, seadragons and cuttlefish.

For my dissertation, I switched gears and worked on a group of fishes, the Syngnathidae (seahorses, pipefishes and seadragons).

See more photos of these beautifully unique creatures here: The surreal and show world of seadragons.

Much of my work focused on understanding the distribution of seadragons, a small group of syngnathids with amazing camouflage.