Marine Curio
DIVE Magazine's long-running Miscellany of Marine Curios - the weirdest and most wonderful critters that call the oceans home
Marine Curios #4 – Glaucus atlanticus, or blue angel/dragon sea slug
There's very little angelic about Glaucus atlanticus, the blue angel sea slug - it can pack a very dangerous sting, depending on what it had for lunch
Marine Curios #3 – Cymothoa exigua or tongue-eating louse
One reason to be grateful you're not a fish - the spine-chilling isopod Cymothoa exigua, or tongue-eating louse
Marine Curios #2 – Nereis sandersi, a deep ocean worm
Lurking deep within the bowels of the earth - quite literally - is Nereis sandersi - a deep ocean polychaete worm
Marine Curios #1 – Periphylla periphylla, or helmet jellyfish
From DIVE's Miscellany of Marine Curios - Periphylla periphylla - the helmet jellyfish - a vertical migrator with a very rare reproductive
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