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These little orange goobers always cheer me up! The larva of a Serpulidae polychaete (bristle worm).
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This is unbelievably exciting for me! I’ve sampled at dusk before, but this is the first time I’ve found krill (Euphausiacea)!!! I’ve identified this individual as Nyctiphanes couchii, which is a coastal species common in the southern North Sea.
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I usually see these bizarre looking copepods from the order Monstrilloida in the height of summer, so I was surprised to see one in my sample this week, when the sea surface temperature was around 10.5 C.
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Thank you!

Well this is fabulous surprise! My first ever Candacia armata copepod and he’s a BEAST! Utterly gorgeous!
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Boop! A cnidarian planula larva bumps into a dancing nematode.
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Cutie baby sea snails hanging out.
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A hydrozoa medusa from the family Eirenidae (I think).
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A lovely gastropod larva showing us its velum. Thank you baby snail!
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The iridescent beauty of a sea gooseberry ctenophore, seen at our dock fouling session today. Some plankton is big enough to see without a microscope!
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This little polychaete larva is having a good wiggle!
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