Collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/psamp/index.htm.
This Hemigrapsus nudus has a large, ovigerous female parasite Portunion conformis (Isopoda) in its body cavity. The pink sac is a brood pouch, full of parasite eggs and larvae. Collected from Bamfield, BC.
Ornate Spiny Lobster or Ornate Rock Lobster (Panulirus ornatus) in captivity at the Marine Gardens on Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia. Photographed on 4 October 1971.Digitised from a slide. The original slide, which is of higher quality, is held.www.inaturalist.org/observations/47481579
Eyes Under Puget SoundThis species image was collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/psamp/index.htm.Cant get enough benthos? Check out our Eyes Under Puget Sound Critter of the Month species profile blogs at bit.ly/critterofthemonth