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Igor Adameyko

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Microscopy, macro and aquatic life. Amazing critters live here. No AI. Gloria in excelsis Deo.

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I cannot resist posting this Caribbean veliger again. Enjoy 😁🤗 by @the_story_of_a_biologist

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Here we have the second stage of a starfish larval development - brachiolaria. It is different from the previous stage called bipinnaria because this one has three frontal arms with sticky ends. Those serve for attachment to a substrate (before finishing metamorphosis). The whitish bubble at the rear end is the future starfish disk in development (an “embryo” of the adult starfish). Skagerrak, North Sea. #brachiolaria #microscopy #developmentalbiology #marinebiology #biology #sealife #zooplankton #starfish by @the_story_of_a_biologist

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A stunningly graceful Phacellophora camtschatica 🌊🪼🤩 #phacellophoracamtschatica #jellyfish #fashion #beauty #marinecreatures #seaamimals #biology by @the_story_of_a_biologist

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A stomatopod (mantis shrimp) larva (5 mm). Iriomote, Japan. by @the_story_of_a_biologist

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A nice polychaete epitoke (about 5 mm in length) from Iriomote 🏝️🌊, Japan 🇯🇵. These curly tentacles are amazing 🤩 by @the_story_of_a_biologist

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Two amazing brachiolaria starfish larvae in metamorphosis 🔬✨🌊. They are about 2-3 mm with tentacles. Skagerrak, The North Sea. by @the_story_of_a_biologist

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Playing with the reflection capacity and iridescence of a male sapphirinid copepod (3 mm) from Iriomote 🏝️✨, Japan 🇯🇵. During this microscopy session, I tried all sorts of colorful objects - yellow tape, my shirt, my arm, etc. to get their colors reflected from the surface of this wonderful animal. In nature, they use this type of reflectance to attract females. by @the_story_of_a_biologist

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All sorts of tiny planktonic animals (about 0.5-1 mm) from Iriomote 🏝️🌊🔬, Japan 🇯🇵 . Make your guess! ✨ by @the_story_of_a_biologist

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Swarming Rhopilema esculentum jellyfish. The bright red color comes from a jellyfish, and not from the lighting conditions. From Paris Aquarium @aquariumdeparis_ Grown by @saltysnaps_ ✨🌊🪼 It is one of the most economically important and widely consumed species of edible jellyfish in East and Southeast Asian cuisine, primarily harvested in China, Japan, and Korea. by @the_story_of_a_biologist

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Planktonic animals from the North Sea 🌊. Did you recognize all of them? The first one is an ophiopluteus (ophiuran larva), the second is a monstrilloid copepod, the third video shows larval sea angels, and the last video - two zoea larvae (future shrimps). These animals are about 0.5-1 mm in size 🔬✨ by @the_story_of_a_biologist

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Bipinnaria of Luidia sarsii at the end of metamorphosis. The starfish disk is fully formed, and soon will detach from the translucent body of a carrier larva. Skagerrak 🌊🔬, North Sea. by @the_story_of_a_biologist

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A couple of cool creatures: a zoea larva of a shrimp (left) and a gnatid (larval most likely, or juvenile female). Both of them are about 1 mm in length. Gnatids are super interesting - they are blood-sucking mosquitoes of the sea (feed on fish). Males of gnatids are gorgeous, as they wear impressive horns. Iriomote 🏝️🌊, Japan 🇯🇵🔬. by @the_story_of_a_biologist

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