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Hydroids don't get a lot of love in the human world (nudibranchs are connoisseurs, of course), but they're often some of the most beautiful animals out there. They're also tiny, weird, and kind of hard to to ID. These aren't huge, aren't fouling, and don't have annulations below the medusae, so... Pinauay marina?
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Hydroids don't get a lot of love in the human world (nudibranchs are connoisseurs, of course), but they're often some of the most beautiful animals out there. They're also tiny, weird, and kind of hard to to ID. These aren't huge, aren't fouling, and don't have annulations below the medusae, so... Pinauay marina?
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If you look closely, you can also see two Flabellina trilineata moving through the base of this cluster.
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If you look closely, you can also see two Flabellina trilineata moving through the base of this cluster.
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Here E. larynx grows together with the bigger Tubularia indivisa. The difference is good to see.
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living on the hull of a boat
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Here E. larynx grows together with the bigger Tubularia indivisa. The difference is good to see.
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This hydroid was attached to a buoy floating of the side of the WHOI dock. A small portion of the total hydroid was photographed and sampled. This particular specimen was identified by looking at the branching and individual polyps.