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barnacles at top but with long shelly shaft to rock

barnacles at top but with long shelly shaft to rock

BARNACLES! #naec2025 Juneau, AK

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brown sea "bug with segments"

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

orange worm, swollen on one end

orange worm, swollen on one end

orange worm

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

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

white sea cucumber with many tube feet

black sea cucumber on rock

black sea cucumber on rock

many small black, blobby sea cucumbers

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

brown pellets on blue floor of aquarium

more spread out urchin poop pellets on aqua green aquarium floor

more spread out urchin poop pellets on aqua green aquarium floor

green sea urchin with spines and tube feet extended

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Daisy Brittle Star (Ophiopholis kennerlyi) Daisy Brittle Star from Sitka, AK, USA on July 1, 2025 at 07:07 PM by Paul Norwood. @leslieh in many of these photos of brittle stars I see things that look like the arms of the bri...

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! ๐Ÿ˜…

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Logo of the North American Echinoderm Conference with various echinoderms, brittle stars, feather stars, etc. adorning the letters

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

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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