Monday, July 31, 2006
Monday, July 24, 2006
In hopes of bringing the sea back to life:
Helicocranchia
And my favorite photograph (in red):
Helicocranchia
The large funnel is present in the paralarva and makes generic identification of paralarvae easy. There is a near absence of an optic stalk making the eyes nearly sessile. With increased age and depth of occurrance, some species, at least, become bright red in color.
And my favorite photograph (in red):