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brown sea "bug with segments"
ISOPOD! perhaps Idotea? consistent with the Fucus sea weed we were seeing.. #NAEC2025 Juneau, AK
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orange worm
orange worm, swollen on one end
orange worm
Some kind of ribbon worm? #nemertea #wormwednesday #NAEC2025 Juneau, Alaska
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6 rayed sea stars on rock. grey in color
the legendary Leptasterias...species will need the book to ID! #NAEC2025 #echinoday
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white sea cucumber with many tube feet
black sea cucumber on rock
many small black, blobby sea cucumbers
Various sea cucumbers of the Juneau, AK region! the white on is Eupentacta, the others I forget.. #NAEC2025
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snail like animal with 8 plates bounded by black tissue
A nifty looking chiton called Katharina tunicata! A lotta mantle going on! #NAEC2025 Juneau, AK
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blobby sea anemone with red/green colors
blobby sea anemone with red/green colors
blobby sea anemone with red/green colors
When the tide goes out some anemeones closeup and are left in this blobby state-this one is Urticina grebelnyi! nice red stripes! #NAEC2025 Juneau, Alaska
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white jaw like structure amidst red interior of skeleton, green spines
white jaw like structure amidst red interior of skeleton, green spines
An active predator in the area- many urchins broken open, fed upon but this one had its jaw-the Aristotle's lantern still in place-nicely prepped! #NAEC2025 Juneau Alaska #echinoday
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two umbrella shaped snails-limpets on a rock
LIMPETS! Juneau, AK, #NAEC2025 field excursion #molluscmonday
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urchin with green spines, red oral region, top surface covered by rocks
top surface of green urchin covered by cobbles, rocks and a limpet shell.
Went tidepooling for the first time in a looong time! Juneau AK #NAEC2025.. here is the green urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis with its covering response, showing off rocks and limpets!
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Ha ha. Coming back from dinner in Juneau..spotted in a field off the highway? a BLACK BEAR! wotta cutie! #NAEC2025 North American Echinoderm Conference
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yellow underside of a sea star with many tube feet
yellow underside of a sea star with many tube feet
yellow underside of a sea star with many tube feet
Evasterias troschelii-one of the most common Alaskan asteriid sea stars! shown here in its full oral tube foot glory! #NAEC2025 #echinoday
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Short tour today of aquatic animal aquarium room! My thanks to Dr. Julie Schram for showing us around! #NAEC2025 North American Echinoderm Conference
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4 closely huddled sea cucumbers. Orange with orange floppy spikes
Normal orange colored Apostichopus for comparison! Huddled together for the water flow! #NAEC2025 #echinoday
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white sea cucumber with floppy spines
white sea cucumber with floppy spines
white sea cucumber with floppy spines
An interesting one! An ALBINO Apostichopus californicus! no pigment-just white! #NAEC2025 #echinoday thank you to Dr. Schram for the tour!
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underside of sea cucumber showing numerous well-developed tube feet and mouth to the left
APOSTICHOPUS CALIFORNICUS! Mouth and feet! A lovely sea cucumber! #NAEC2025 North American Echinoderm conference #echinoday
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brown pellets on blue floor of aquarium
more spread out urchin poop pellets on aqua green aquarium floor
green sea urchin with spines and tube feet extended
Significant to note that S. droebachiensis, the green urchin produces a LOT of poop! This is ecologically important! see this post from a few years back #naec2025 #echinoday echinoblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/sea-...
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green sea urchin (ball of spines) on an aqua blue wall from an aquarium
green sea urchin (ball of spines) on an aqua blue wall from an aquarium
A handsome green Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis urchin! Fat and happy with tube feet extended! From the marine lab of Dr. Julie Schram #NAEC2025 North American Echinoderm Conference! #echinoday
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pale pink sea anemone with dark red highlights in a aqua blue box with sea water
closeup of mouth on sea anemone with peripheral feeding arms around edge
A nice visit to the Echinoderm lab/water tables of #NAEC2025 host Dr. Julie Schram! Here we have a nice sea anemone! Urticina? showing off its handsome "manus" (=Mouth Anus)
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slide with a large purple sunflower sea star with speakers behind a wood paneled podium in the background
ALL DAY PYCNOPODIA and wasting disease symposium! #NAEC2025 North American Echinoderm Conference! larval settlement! dieoffs! husbandry!
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poster showing cases of sea cucumbers with two heads
I learned today that not ONLY are there cases of "two headed" sea cucumbers? but there are also sea cucumbers with TWO ASSES! HA! beat that! #NAEC2025 North American Echinoderm Conference! #echinoday
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white shirt with words "sea cucumbers" and many cartoon pictures of said animals
Ha ha! MORE echinoderm shirt excellence! I am humbled! #NAEC2025 North American Echinoderm Conference
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As I'm in the neighborhood, I'm reminded of some lovely local brittle stars! Ophiopholis! #echinoday #NAEC2025 www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Whoa. Gustav Paulay dropped an EPIC new phylogeny of the Dendrochirotida at #NAEC2025 today! Sea cucumbers be crazy! North American Echinoderm Conference!
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Today at #NAEC2025 the North American Echinoderm Conference- never have I heard the worm ECHINOSPERM spoken in a German accent so many times with such enthusiasm! 😅
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Logo of the North American Echinoderm Conference with various echinoderms, brittle stars, feather stars, etc. adorning the letters
snow covered mountains in the background, orange buildings of the University in the foreground
THIS WEEK! the North American Echinoderm conference in Juneau, Alaska! #NAEC2025 Gorgeous. Looking forward to seeing what my new discoveries by colleagues have to share! Sad that recent events have adversely affected attendance-but a smaller meeting can be cozy and with more informal communication!
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