CMarZ gallery animals

These are some of the zooplankton found on the CMarZ April cruise in the Sargasso Sea. Unless otherwise noted, photos were taken by Russ Hopcroft, Univ. of Alaska.

 

Cuvierina_columnella_1c.jpg
Cuvierina_columnella
Pteropod
Pteropod mollusc
Cuvierina_columnella_1g.jpg
Cuvierina_columnella
Pteropod with wing-like feet
Pteropod mollusc
deca1.jpg
decapod sp.
Decapod
(R. Hopcroft)
Diacria_trispinosa_1a.jpg
Diacria_trispinosa
Pteropod mollusc
Paraeucalanus_attenuatus_sm.jpg
Paraeucalanus_attenuatus
One of the first zooplankton species to have its genes sequenced at sea.
Copepod
Euchirella_2b.jpg
Euchirella sp.
Copepod
(R. Hopcroft)
Euchirella_messinensis_1c.jpg
(R. Hopcroft)

Euchirella_messinensis
Female with modified 'tail'
Copepod
Euclio_pyramidata_1c.jpg
Euclio_pyramidata
Modified foot acts as wings
Pteropod mollusc
Euconchoecia_chierchiae_1a.jpg
Euconchoecia_chierchiae
This near surface dweller is one of the few halociprid ostracod that broods its offspring within the carapace (spheres in above photo)
Ostracod
Eukrohnia_sp1b.jpg
Eukrohnia_sp.
Chaetognath
'arrow worm'
Haloptilus_sp.jpg
Haloptilus_sp.
Copepod
(R. Hopcroft)
Limacina_bulimodes_1d.jpg
Limacina_bulimodes
Pteropod mollusc

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