Image by Christopher Mah, from NOAA's Okeanos research vessel in the Nitinat Canyon, Pacific Ocean Zoom in on the photo and realize that all those tiny holes and dents on the right side of the starfish are actually starfish footprints! Or podia prints, to be biologically precise.While NOAA's ocean exploration vessel Okeanos was recently plying … Continue reading Spotlight: Starfish Tracks in the Nitinat Canyon
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Pic o’ the Week: Brittle Stars on Moon Jelly
This beautiful photo is a moon jelly {Aurelia aurita} adorned with brittle stars {Ophiocnemis marmorata}. It looks like exquisite decorations on an ethereal creature, but in reality it's potentially a scene of parasitic theivery!