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  • This is a sea elephant (Pterotrachea coronata), a predatory pelagic mollusk. This individual was encountered in a shallow bay. It was alive and swimming, but in poor condition. These animals use their extended proboscis to grab prey. Their vital organs are contained in the visceral nucleus at the rear of the body. One of the animal's eye is clearly visible. Photographed in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
    pterotrachea-coronata-sea-elephant-j...tif
  • This is a composite image showing the emergence of a veliger (planktonic larva) of an Oregon hairy triton (Fusitriton oregonensis) from its shell. The mollusk was about 5mm in shell size, suggesting that it was nearly mature. Juveniles settle on the ocean floor after metamorphosis. Juveniles have been found at depths exceeding 2000m, while adults are generally found in waters of 800m or shallower. The larval stage of this species is around 4.5 years.
    fusitriton-oregonensis-veliger-orego...tif
  • This is the eye of a strawberry conch (Conomurex luhuanus) peering out from the safety of its shell, viewed at a magnification of four times life-size. Photographed in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
    conomurex-luhuanus-conch-eye-202407-...tif
  • This is a Pacific deer cowry (Lyncina vitellus) with eggs.
    lyncina-vitellus-with-eggs-pacific-d...tif
  • This is a veliger (planktonic larva) of an Oregon hairy triton (Fusitriton oregonensis). It was about 5mm in shell size, suggesting that this animal was nearly mature. Juveniles settle on the ocean floor after metamorphosis. Juveniles have been found at depths exceeding 2000m, while adults are generally found in waters of 800m or shallower. The larval stage of this species is around 4.5 years.
    fusitriton-oregonensis-veliger-orego...tif
  • This is a red-spotted blenny (Blenniella chrysospilos) poking its head out of its home in the coral, with two coral hermit crabs (Paguritta sp.) visible in the background. The blenny's home is the abandoned burrow of a vermetid gastropod, Dendropoma maximum.
    blenniella-chrysospilos-red-spotted-...tif
  • This is a pair of strawberry conch shells (Conomurex luhuanus) engaged in reproduction. The male is in the rear. He has mounted the female, positioning to the female's posterior rear. This allows him to fertilize via the female's siphonal notch. The female is depositing a long, tubular egg mass, which is adhesive and partially buried in the sand. Some of the eggs are visible at full magnification. Photographed in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
    conomurex-luhuanus-strawberry-conch-...tif
  • This is a Pterosoma planum a species of predatory snail that lives in the open oceans of the Indo-Pacific region. The pink proboscis is the animal's mouth, with two eyes also visible. The gastropod's shell seen below the animal in this image. Photographed in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
    pterosoma-planum-pelagic-snail-japan...tif
  • This is a head-on view of Pterosoma planum, a species of predatory snail that lives in the open oceans of the Indo-Pacific region. The animal's gills are to the rear and raised above the animal in this image, with its eyes and feeding proboscis oriented forward and to the bottom. Photographed in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
    pterosoma-planum-pelagic-snail-japan...tif
  • This is a veliger (planktonic larva) of an Oregon hairy triton (Fusitriton oregonensis). It was about 5mm in shell size, suggesting that this animal was nearly mature. Juveniles settle on the ocean floor after metamorphosis. Juveniles have been found at depths exceeding 2000m, while adults are generally found in waters of 800m or shallower. The larval stage of this species is around 4.5 years.
    fusitriton-oregonensis-veliger-orego...tif
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