There were some amphipods nominated this year but alas no copepods. But the Squidward copepod made it last year and the Branch Armed Nostril Copepod made the list a few years ago lifewatch.be/en/worms-top...
Definitely one of my favorites this year too
St. George's Cross Medusa is named after its cross-shaped red stomach 🧪 lifewatch.be/en/worms-top...
The fossil Fordyces's Giant Penguin appears to be the largest penguin ever discovered and would have towered over modern penguins 🧪 lifewatch.be/en/worms-top...
The stark, black-and-white patterning of the Fine Line Nudibranch serves as a warning to predators in the dusky waters of the mesophotic zone 🧪 lifewatch.be/en/worms-top...
Aplacophorans are fascinating, worm-like molluscs covered by spiny spicules rather than a single or paired shell. This new species’s common name is Bouchet’s Dorymenia. lifewatch.be/en/worms-top...
Prince Albert’s Sea Daisy doesn’t look like your typical starfish. It is a delicate, flower-shaped sea star with an unusual life style, living on sunken wood or tube worms 🧪 lifewatch.be/en/worms-top...
Here is the Samoan Nautilus, one of three new species of Nautilus described in 2023 🧪 lifewatch.be/en/worms-top...
Hannan’s Pygmy Squid is adorable. They are known to swim towards the light of dive torches and then strike a pose with their tentacles! 🧪 lifewatch.be/en/worms-top...
The Solwarawarriors Vestimentiferan is named after the Alliance of Solwara Warriors, an environmental group working to protect deep sea ecosystems 🧪 lifewatch.be/en/worms-top...
