My favorite sequence of our just completed #bioc102 class at #Geomar: pedicellariae in betweeb sea urchin spines cleaning all surfaces. Inspiration galore for sci fi #Marinelife

In between, unicellular ciliates in green tubes catch even smaller prey #bioc102

Zooming into the wilderness on the shell margin: colonies of bryozoans capturing plankton with their tentacles #bioc102 #Geomar

Compiling some videos for our upcoming #bioc102 class with MSc Biological Oceanography students at Kiel University and #Geomar. Critter of the week: blue mussels with forests of small creatures living on their shells. We‘ll zoom into these forests in the next weeks… 🦑