Sepiella inermis
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Sepiella inermis is a species of cuttlefish in the family Sepiidae. It is indigenous to the Indo-Pacific region. In this region, S. inermis is an economically important species, and is sold and eaten.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center RMNH.MOL.311284 Sepiella inermis Sepiidae Mollusc shell
Plankton
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Plankton are organisms that drift in water but are unable to actively propel themselves against currents. Marine plankton include drifting organisms that inhabit the saltwater of oceans and the bracki
Sepiella inermis
…between 8 and 19 days with an average of about 13 days. After hatching, hatchlings of S. inermis are morphologically miniature adults that have a planktonic habit. Shortly after hatching, their normal color is dark brown, white, or transparent, and their chromatophores are functional. At around 3 days of…
Marine microplankton and mesoplankton Part of the contents of one dip of a hand net. The image contains diverse planktonic organisms, ranging from photosynthetic cyanobacteria and diatoms to many different types of zooplankton, including both holoplankton (permanent residents of the plankton like copepods) and meroplankton (temporary residents of the plankton like fish eggs and crab larvae). 100 μm is one tenth of a mm
The coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi (μm = thousandth of one mm)
Algae bloom of Emiliania huxleyi off the southern coast of England
Plankton species diversity Diverse assemblages of unicellular and multicellular organisms with different sizes, shapes, feeding strategies, ecological functions, life cycle characteristics, and environmental sensitivities. Courtesy of Christian Sardet/CNRS/Tara expeditions