A sea full of stars. Marine hydroids 🎆🔬🌊 . . . #science #biology #microscopy | Science into Images

2.4K views · 169 reactions | This super-stretchy deep-sea hydroid, Branchiocerianthus imperator, has a tiny nudibranch stowaway. Hydroids are part of the same phylum as jellyfish—the Cnidaria. Although most species grow in colonies, there are also solitary benthic hydroids like this giant one that we spotted at nearly 4,000 meters (over 13,000 feet) deep off the Big Sur coast.⁠ See more highlights from our 2019 ROV dives: https://youtu.be/zC2gwYkd5F8 | MBARI | Facebook

17 reactions | Some vibey golden dirona nudibranch footage to start...

November 3rd is World Jellyfish Day! 🪼 To celebrate World Jellyfish Day, we want to show you some behind the scenes of our jelly rearing room! Did you know that we raise our own jellyfish? 🪼🪼🪼 Jellyfish are cnidarians, meaning they are aquatic invertebrates with special harpoon-like stinging cells called cnidocytes! They use these cells to capture prey and provide a defence mechanism. Polyps are the non-mobile part of the jellyfish life cycle. They like to attach onto rocks, macroalgae, shel