Invertebrate Gallery
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Choose from 602 pictures in our Invertebrate collection for your Wall Art or Photo Gift. All professionally made for Quick Shipping.
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Rock-boring sea urchin (Echinometra mathaei)
Rock-boring sea urchin (Echinometra mathaei). The nipple-like protuberances are the ball joints to which are attached a forest of protective spines. When the creature dies, the spines fall off exposing the ball joints which are part of the skeleton, known as a test. This specimen was about 5.5 cm in diameter. near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Norway lobster, also called Dublin Bay prawn and Langoustine (Nephrops norvegicus)
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Sponge decorator crab (Hyastenus elatus)
Sponge decorator crab (Hyastenus elatus), an extremely well camouflaged crab, member of the spider crab family, common in Sydney Harbour. Has a pear-shaped carapace with two long rostral projections, nearly as long as the body, and two shorter projections from the rear sides. It is nearly always heavily encrusted with sponge and other sessile animals. Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia
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Chinese redheaded centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)
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A potworm (fam. Enchytraeidae)
A potworm (fam. Enchytraeidae), tiny harmless soil organism here showing food in its intestinal tract. It eats bacteria and fungi, and ingests mineral particles, probably playing an important role mixing organic matter into mineral soil. It is between 150 and 200 micrometres long. Japan
Aid, Annelida, Beneficial, Composting, Enchytraeid, Invertebrate, Microdile, Oligochaeta, Oligochaete, Pot Worm, Semiterrestrial, Tiny, Translucent, Vermicomposters, White Worm
