Oxychilus draparnaudi, 5mm. Brooklyn, NY.
~2.5cm. Found in a rotten log in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Epitokes — An evolutionary trick to avoid predation where marine worms’ sex organs grow heads and eyes and swim to the surface to copulate while the original worm stays safely down below. 7mm. From a plankton sample in Battery Park, NY.
Hydroid polyps, ~4mm tall, from San Francisco Bay
Margelopsis haeckeli, ~2mm, from a plankton sample in Queens, New York City
Cepaea nemoralis, 2.5cm. Found in the backyard of my engagement party in Brooklyn.
Hermissenda opalescens, 2cm long, From Pillar Point tide pools, California.
Malthopsis sanguineus, 5.8cm overall length. Collected by a submersible from 250 meters deep in the Caribbean.
Zafrona sp., 4mm shell length. The eyes of this species are normally on separate stocks. This unusual specimen has them fused together. Collected from 91 meters deep in the Caribbean.
Ctenoides sp., 5mm shell width. Collected from 91 meters deep in the Caribbean.
Roundback Slug, Arion sp., ~1cm long. Collected from under a log in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
This is classic example of “plankton,” which really just means tiny sea creatures. This character is 4mm. Collected from the surf in Queens, New York City.
Found on some Ageratum from the Tribeca Farmers Market, Manhattan. 1cm long.
Colonial filter-feeding animals, 8mm tall portion shown. Collected from an 55 meters deep in the Caribbean
In a drop of water, less than 1mm each. Collected from 91 meters deep in the Caribbean.
Tiny marine crustacean. Classic “plankton,” ~4mm long. Collected from the San Francisco Bay.
Epitokes — An evolutionary trick to avoid predation where marine worms’ sex organs grow heads and eyes and swim to the surface to copulate while the original worm stays safely down below. 4mm, from the San Francisco Bay.
Psilotris laurae, a tiny adult goby (about 1.5 cm long) from the Caribbean. Named after the wife, Laura, of the Substation Curaçao creator, Dutch Schrier.
Lapidea sp., 2mm long. Collected from the Tribeca Green Market, Manhattan.
Collected from my dear friend Cece’s backyard in Berkeley, California. 4mm long, Famly Miridae.
Calosoma sayi. 1cm long. Found under a log in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
This ribbon worm, Micrura sp. nov., although fairly well known and documented, is still an undescribed species. Collected from 55 meters deep in the Caribbean.
Pachymerium ferrugineum, ~2cm long. Found under a log in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. The first find of the Invertebrates of New York project in May 2018.