georgina

scuba, some snorkelling, marine marine marine animals, a fascination for the underwater world, trying to get interested in seaweeds...

[Squid wizard @Sorceras]

An origami nudibranch for #SeaSlugDay

[georgina @seastung]

it's #seaslugday! two fab #nudibranchs from the #Galapagos happy birthday #TerryGosliner

[Art History Animalia @ArtHistAnimalia]

For #SeaSlugDay: Nudibranchia, Plate 43 in Kunstformen der Natur, 1904, #SciArt by Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834-1919).
🆔:
1 Hermaea bifida (Lovén) = Hermaea bifida (Montagu, 1815)
2 Aeolis coronata (Forbes) = Facelina auriculata coronata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839)
3 Dendronotus arborescens (Alder) = Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774)
4 Idalia elegans (Leuckart) = Okenia elegans (Leuckart, 1828)
5 Doto coronata (Lovén) = Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791)
6 Tritonia Hombergii (Cuvier) = Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803
7 Ancula cristata (Lovén) = Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818)

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[The Figen @TheFigen_]

The whale began coming to the veteran captain to have the barnacles (whale lice) removed from its head.

[iNaturalist @inaturalist]

Our #MarineMonday Observation of the Day is this Velutin #Snail (Coriocella nigra, Coriocelle noire in French), seen in #NewCaledonia by johan98800!

More details at: https://t.co/KlTB0ysLjk #biodiversity #malacology #nature

[Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @DeepSeaConserve]

🚨 Press release: #ISA29 starts today as calls to protect the ocean from destructive #DeepSeaMining intensify.

Our team will be in Kingston 🇯🇲 to #DefendTheDeep, read on the latest developments as well as what we can expect from the meetings 👉 https://t.co/mHvOoxBdyb

[Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @DeepSeaConserve]

🗓️ The countdown is almost over! #ISA29 starts next week.

International orgs like @UNHumanRights and @IUCN Congress have called for the protection of the #DeepSea against #DeepSeaMining, joining the wave of resistance.

🌊 It's time to #DefendTheDeep! https://t.co/8vfg1Ph4ik

[Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @DeepSeaConserve]

In the lead-up to #ISA29, we explore the reasons why 750+ leading marine science and policy experts from over 44 countries have voiced their concerns about #DeepSeaMining.

They know the importance of these ecosystems and the need to #DefendTheDeep. https://t.co/yDaRC0ENDe

[Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @DeepSeaConserve]

🌍 During #SIOFA, here is a 🧵on why protecting the Southern Indian Ocean's biodiversity is crucial.

🌊 It is the youngest and smallest ocean of the world's major, with an estimated 1,746 #seamounts in warm waters and rare species endangered or found nowhere else in the world.🐟

[georgina @seastung]

@AstraKernel to be fair, instagram does this too

[watershed_investigations @WATERSHED_i]

Sweden bans bottom trawling in all its waters, in a move that could allow the seabed to heal & wildlife to replenish. Conservationists say bottom trawling tears up the seafloor habitat fish need to live & breed - destroying generations of ocean life.

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[Science girl @sciencegirl]

The octopus that waved back

[Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social @echinoblog]

Sea Butterflies... MATING!

[Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social @echinoblog]

SEA PENS in BLOOM! #octocoralfriday

[NOAA Ocean Exploration @oceanexplorer]

Happy National Twilight Zone Day! During our exploration, we often enter the twilight zone...which, in the ocean, is 200 - 1,000 m (656 - 3,280 ft), where very little sunlight penetrates. Despite being mostly dark & very cold, this region teems with life. For example...

[Two Oceans Aquarium @2OceansAquarium]

Although they mostly forage alone, African penguins occasionally work together as a group to corral their prey into columns and then into balls, making it much easier to catch and eat the fish! 🐧

📸: Chris Fallows

#twooceansaquarium #NOOW #NotOnOurWatch #africanpenguin

[Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social @echinoblog]

*laugh* and sometimes THIS happens!