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Aurelia aurita, moon jelly, in Red Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

Alexander Semenov is a Russian marine scientist and photographer.

The above is a moon jelly from the Red Sea. A couple more...

Aurelia aurita, moon jelly, in Red Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 10-18-12

Aurelia aurita, moon jelly, in Red Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 10-18-12

...and a relative, a comb jelly.

Ctenophore, comb jelly, in Red Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

These look like jellyfish, but they're not even related. They're salps.

Pegea confoederata, chain of salps, tunicates, which are not related to jellyfish, Red Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

A nail-armed sea star...

Mithrodia clavigera, nail-armed sea star, in Red Sea, by Alexander Semenov

...and a blue-spotted ribbontail ray.

Taeniura lymma, bluespotted ribbontail ray, in Red Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

From the Sea of Japan:

Starfish...

starfish, Asterina pectinifera, in Sea of Japan, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

...a couple of crabs...

crab in Sea of Japan, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

(this one's a baby red king crab hanging out on a sponge)

immature red king crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus, on red sea sponge, in Sea of Japan, by Alexander Semenov

...a clinging jellyfish...

clinging jellyfish, Gonionemus vertens, in Sea of Japan, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

...and a giant Pacific octopus. It's the largest octopus in the world.

giant Pacific octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini, in Sea of Japan, by Alexander Semenov

From the White Sea, off Russia's northwestern coast:

This is a golf tee medusa, a jellyfish. The little pink-yellow things inside are parasitic amphipods.

Aeginopsis laurenti, golf tee medusa, with amphipod parasites inside, in White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

More amphipods: a "Red Bull," feeding on bryozoa...

Acanthonotozoma inflatum, "Red Bull" amphipod, feeding on bryozoa "moss animal," in White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

...a hedgehog amphipod...

Paramphitoe cuspidata, hedgehog amphipod, White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

...a skeleton shrimp (which isn't actually a shrimp)...

Caprella septentrionalis, skeleton shrimp, in White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

Caprella septentrionalis, skeleton shrimp, White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

...and another parasite, a big-eyed amphipod, inside its jellyfish host.

Hyperia galba, big-eye amphipod, as parasite inside Sarsia jellyfish, White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

These amphipods may look a little scary, but none is more than an inch long.

Here's a starfish arm...

Asterias rubens, common starfish, in White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

...a wolf-fish...

Anarhicas lupus, wolffish, in White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

...a northern lacuna sea snail...

Lacuna vincta, northern lacuna sea snail, White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

...and a polychaete worm.

Phyllodoce citrina, polychaete marine worm, with egg cocoon, White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

"Sea spiders" aren't actually spiders; they're called pycnogonids. The males look after the eggs and young. Here's one with his eggs...

male "sea spider" pycnogonid, Nymphon grossipes, with eggs, male cares for eggs and young, White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

...and another with babies hatched out.

male "sea spider" pycnogonid, Nymphon grossipes with hatched babies, male cares for eggs and young, White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

A couple of swimming mollusks: a sea butterfly...

Limacina helicina, sea butterfly (predatory sea snail), marine mollusk, White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

...and a sea angel.

Clione limacina, sea angel, marine mollusk, White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

More from the jellyfish group: an oaten pipes hydroid...

Tubularia indivisa, oaten pipes hydroid, a member of the jellyfish family, close-up, white sea, alexander semenov

...a stalked jelly...

Lucernaria bathiphylla, stalked jellyfish, White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

...and two more comb jellies.

Bolinopsis infundibulum, a comb jelly, in White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

Tubularia indivisa, oaten pipes hydroid, a member of the jellyfish family, close-up, White Sea, by Alexander Semenov, posted randompix 11-18-12

For yet more pictures, and more about Semenov and his work, visit his website.

Also posted to [livejournal.com profile] randompictures

Date: 2012-11-24 03:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] i-want-2.livejournal.com
...and a sea angel

Singing praises to Lord Cthulhu where he rests in his death sleep in the ancient city of R'lyeh beneath the waves.

Date: 2012-11-25 02:22 am (UTC)

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