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Invertebrate Zoology & its affiliates: NOAA/NMFS National Systematics Laboratory and USDA National Parasite Collection.

09/03/2026

More action guest starring a munnopsid isopod!

09/03/2026

some Caulophacus!

Video of Phronima! A hyperiid amphipod that attacks and hollows out salps, then proceeding to raise babies in the dead h...
08/31/2026

Video of Phronima! A hyperiid amphipod that attacks and hollows out salps, then proceeding to raise babies in the dead husk!

This amphipod has eaten the original creator of this salp and is no...

New MAGNAPINNA video from Namibia
08/31/2026

New MAGNAPINNA video from Namibia

Dr. Briana Pobner talks about SEA SCOPRIONS! the fossil group Eurypterida, the state fossil of New York!
08/27/2026

Dr. Briana Pobner talks about SEA SCOPRIONS! the fossil group Eurypterida, the state fossil of New York!

(Watch an audio described version of this video here: https://youtu...

TRIPLE DUMBO OCTOPUS VIDEOS!
08/27/2026

TRIPLE DUMBO OCTOPUS VIDEOS!

If you’re looking for a dumbo octopus, it turns out the abyssal pla...

BOLOSOMA! Giant sponge seen by   during the 2017 voyage to American Samoa!
08/27/2026

BOLOSOMA! Giant sponge seen by during the 2017 voyage to American Samoa!

Check out this new species of Bolosoma sponge! Video produced by ...

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