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Moon jellyfish, named for their translucent, moonlike circular bell. Moon jellies have a short, fine fringe (cilia) that sweeps food toward the mucous layer on the edge of the bell. Prey is stored in pouches until the oral arms pick it up and begin to digest it. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Moon jellyfish (Aurelia labiata)
Sea nettles hunt by trailing tentacles and mouth-arms covered in stinging cells which paralyze and capture prey, moving them to the mouth where they can be digested. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Sea nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens)
Nutria (Myocaster coypus) are an introduced semi-aquatic rodent species originally brought to Maryland for fur in the 1940s, but are since considered to be nuisance species, destroying large areas of marshland, particularly around the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.
Nutria (Myocaster coypus)
Nutria (Myocaster coypus) are an introduced semi-aquatic rodent species originally brought to Maryland for fur in the 1940s, but are since considered to be nuisance species, destroying large areas of marshland, particularly around the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.
Nutria (Myocaster coypus)
Codium fragile, or 'Dead Man's Fingers' is a seaweek invasive to the northwest Atlantic
Dead man's fingers (Codium fragile)
Macroalgae bloom, Ulva lactuca (sea lettuce), that washed up onto the Oxford beach along the Tred Avon River.
Ulva bloom on the Tred Avon River
Macroalgae bloom, Ulva lactuca (sea lettuce), that washed up onto the Oxford beach along the Tred Avon River.
Ulva bloom on the Tred Avon River
Macroalgae bloom, Ulva lactuca (sea lettuce), that washed up onto the Oxford beach along the Tred Avon River.
Ulva bloom on the Tred Avon River
Macroalgae bloom, Ulva lactuca (sea lettuce), that washed up onto the Oxford beach along the Tred Avon River.
Ulva bloom on the Tred Avon River
Macroalgae bloom that washed up onto the Oxford beach along the Tred Avon River.
Ulva bloom on the Tred Avon River

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