These species of chimera typically inhabit depths of up to 374m, so when the currents and ocean conditions are on our side, we get the rare opportunity to find these alien looking egg cases!
#eggcases #mermaidpurse #skates #sharks #sharkresearch #elasmobranchs #chondrichthyans #chondrichthyan
🐘Cape elephantfish/St. Joseph’s shark (Callorhinchus milii)
👯♀️Twineyed/brown skates (Raja miraletus)
🙈Dark shysharks (Haploblepharus pictus)
🐍Puffadder shysharks (Haploblepharus edwarsii)
#marinescience #fieldresearch #fieldwork #analysis #oceansresearch #sharkresearch #mermaidpurse
Handcrafted stoneware mermaid’s purses fresh out of the kiln. I’ve just opened my Etsy shop and these are now available to purchase. The link to my shop is in my bio. #ceramicart #sculpture #handmade #mermaidpurse
Old drawing from 2023, theme Mermaid Purse. Lust Sans. Before Sku decided on the official species, I thought Lust would be a good Cat Shark.
#LustSans #Lust_Sans #utmv #Leviathantale #Mershark #Mermaid #mermaidpurse #devilpurse
A shark's egg known as a Mermaid purse/ Devil purse. old drawing from May 2023. Before Sku decided on Lust Sans's species. I thought of a Cat Shark.
Link to 2023 fanfic
archiveofourown.org/works/468679...
Mermaid purses being soaked in water
I’ve made friends with some commercial crabbers, they found some (hatched) mermaid purses for me! I also found 3 on the beach here.
Current activity: soaking the egg pouches to attempt identification of species using this paper:
www.researchgate.net/profile/Davi...
#skates #rays #mermaidpurse
pizza and ice cream stand shuttered up behind the sea wall, sand in front.
patterns of froth and waves lapping the sandy beach, wooden groyne posts poking up through the sea and a grey sky above.
close up of metallic deflated multicoloured balloon washed up on the beach and caught on the steps, sandy beach below and receding tide in the distance beneath a grey sky.
close up of thornback ray egg case, mermaid purse, on the sand in front of the strand line and tide with crashing waves in distance, grey skies above.
Finds from my most recent #beachcomb at #Dymchurch last week - #phd #research #AcademicSky #coastal research #RomneyMarshes #flooding #climatechange #balloon #rayeggcase #sharks #mermaidpurse
