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Face to face with the pluteus larva

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frontal_view_of_a_pluteus_larva.tif

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Cifonauta, an image database for marine biology

The Cifonauta database was officially launched on September 26th of 2011 (last year). So, today it celebrates its first year of public life. However, the idea of creating an image database for marine biodiversity is much older than that. Photographic documentation is an essential part of research. During the past 30 years, a lot of […]

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Sea biscuit metamorphosis on the Node’s calendar

The sea biscuit metamorphosis image that I submitted for the Node’s intersection image competition was selected for the November calendar! You can download it here.

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Pluteus larva

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Metamorphosis of a sea biscuit

Metamorphosis is a dramatic life-changing event for many invertebrates. It’s the intersection between two distinct lives – larval and adult. It is how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. The process is fascinating, specially when you have the chance to see it happening with your own eyes. You too can see it in the video A […]

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Young sea star

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Calcareous skeleton of a pluteus larva

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Ocean: hidden life

The Ocean: hidden life photo exhibition website has just gone live! It is a photographic exhibition of various marine organisms with the aim of publicizing the beauty of these beings, which often goes unnoticed… only marine biologists end up seeing these rarities! As I also helped organize the exhibition and provided some photos, I’ll put […]