Found crawling onto hermit crab in video. Sorry for poor photo quality—stills from video.
This observation is part of a long-term project examining plankton biodiversity in the nearshore waters around the Hakai Institute's Quadra Island ecological observatory. A COI DNA sequence from the organism has been deposited in the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Photo license and credit belong to the Hakai Institute.
This observation is part of a long-term project examining plankton biodiversity in the nearshore waters around the Hakai Institute's Quadra Island ecological observatory. A COI DNA sequence from the organism has been deposited in the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Photo license and credit belong to the Hakai Institute.
This observation is part of a long-term project examining plankton biodiversity in the nearshore waters around the Hakai Institute's Quadra Island ecological observatory. A COI DNA sequence from the organism has been deposited in the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Photo license and credit belong to the Hakai Institute.
Nudibranch Aldisa tara eating the demosponge Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) oxeata. The nudibranch is about 2 cm long. See separate entry for the sponge.
Observed while night lighting off the docks in the Shilshole marina. At least 2 observed, swimming in the water column.