benthic | EOLspecies

Corallium rubrum with close-up view of polyps

Tue, 01/25/2011 - 20:41 — Soulanille, Elaine

Taxa

Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Corallium rubrum with close-up view of polyps

Source: File:Corallium rubrum 1.jpg

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These crowded individuals of Balanus glandula have grown (on an intertidal rock) up to 10 cm tall -- Seal Beach, Oregon (USA)

Mon, 01/24/2011 - 09:54 — Soulanille, Elaine

Taxa

Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854

These crowded individuals of Balanus glandula have grown (on an intertidal rock) up to 10 cm tall -- Seal Beach, Oregon (USA)

Source: Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854

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Balanus glandula clustered on a cobble at Ala Spit, Whidbey Island, Washington (USA)

Mon, 01/24/2011 - 09:48 — Soulanille, Elaine

Taxa

Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854

Balanus glandula clustered on a cobble at Ala Spit, Whidbey Island, Washington (USA)

Source: Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854

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Balanus glandula attached to a cobble at Ala Spit, Whidbey Island, Wasington (USA) - (diameter approximately 1.5-2 cm)

Mon, 01/24/2011 - 09:42 — Soulanille, Elaine

Taxa

Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854

Balanus glandula attached to a cobble at Ala Spit, Whidbey Island, Wasington (USA) - (diameter approximately 1.5-2 cm)

Source: Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854

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Black coral (Leiopathes sp.) polyp

Fri, 01/21/2011 - 16:53 — Soulanille, Elaine

Taxa

Leiopathes

Black coral (<em>Leiopathes</em> sp.) polyp

Source: Image courtesy of Lophelia II 2009: Deepwater Coral Expedition: Reefs, Rigs, and Wrecks, NOAA/OER.

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Lophelia pertusa coral, with opened polyps, attached to an authigenic carbonate rock.

Fri, 01/21/2011 - 16:45 — Soulanille, Elaine

Taxa

Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lophelia pertusa coral, with opened polyps, attached to an authigenic carbonate rock.

Source: Image courtesy of Lophelia II 2009: Deepwater Coral Expedition: Reefs, Rigs, and Wrecks, NOAA/OER.

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Lophelia pertusa on the seafloor

Fri, 01/21/2011 - 16:41 — Soulanille, Elaine

Taxa

Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758)

<em>Lophelia pertusa</em> on the seafloor

Source: Image courtesy of Lophelia II 2009: Deepwater Coral Expedition: Reefs, Rigs, and Wrecks, NOAA/OER.

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Close-up of Lophelia pertusa calyx with polyp retracted

Fri, 01/21/2011 - 16:16 — Soulanille, Elaine

Taxa

Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Close-up of <em>Lophelia pertusa</em> calyx with polyp retracted

Source: Lophelia II 2009: Deepwater Coral Expedition: Reefs, Rigs, and Wrecks, NOAA/OER.

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Balanus glandula, mixed with the smaller Chthamalus dalli, near Bodega Bay, California (USA).

Thu, 01/20/2011 - 18:18 — Soulanille, Elaine

Taxa

Balanus glandula, mixed with the smaller Chthamalus dalli, near Bodega Bay, California (USA).

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Phoronids at Pillar Point on the central California coast (USA)

Mon, 01/17/2011 - 12:07 — Soulanille, Elaine

Taxa

Phoronida

Phoronids at Pillar Point on the central California coast (USA)

The pinkish coloring is the hemoglobin-containing red blood showing through the translucent white epidermis of the trunk. Blood vessels extend into the tentacles, but that's difficult to see in these green-tinted lophophores.

Source: Ken-ichi

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