Invertebrates are Cool

It’s a match! From the blue legs to the dark magenta topper.

Sea urchins, 1834.

Giant green anemones hulk out in the tide pools when conditions are right, green with envy for solar energy to feed symbiotic algae. Meanwhile, purple urchins bide their time with anemones at the gates, waiting for drift kelp to arrive with the next wave of deliveries.

Joe Chowaniec

(Photo: Claire Fackler/NOAA)

Fuzzy blue fuzziness.

Dave Tucker EFIAP, DPAGB, BPE3

stshank

Revving up in red.

 This wonderful photo is brought to you by biologist Kate Vylet (Instagram: @katevylet)

The purple striped jelly Chrysaora colorata continues to be one of the most stunning animals we have on display—and since we still don’t know where their polyps live in the wild, all of these beauties you’ll see on display are home-grown by our jelly aquarists! Thanks so much to guest Catherine Wallin for the beautiful photo!

These beautiful white-spotted rose anemones populate intertidal zones from Alaska to California. And thanks to our new wallpaper, they can populate your desktop or mobile device!

Finished my gemstone nautilus! Here’s a link to the WIP I posted.

Majestic nudibranch.

[immediately mocked by scientists]

@lordcephalopod

Here’s a new wallpaper to make your friends jelly!

Lined in yellow with a saucy jaunt.