Gallery: Plankton's Unique Ability to Be Both Creepy and Adorable

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    Kei Nomiyama
    01

    Juvenile Abralia andamanica

    Juvenile *Aralia andamanica*
  • Image may contain Animal Garden Spider Invertebrate Spider Arachnid and Insect
    Kei Nomiyama
    02

    Megalopa (the final larval stage of decapod crustaceans) Squat Lobster

    Megalopa (the final larval stage of decapod crustaceans) Squat Lobster
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    Kei Nomiyama
    03

    Phronima sedentaria

    *Phronima sedentaria*
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    Kei Nomiyama
    04

    Sea Butterfly (pteropod) and Parathemisto japonica

    Sea Butterfly (pteropod) and *Parathemisto japonica*
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    Kei Nomiyama
    05

    Alciopidae sp.

    *Alciopidae sp.*
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    Kei Nomiyama
    06

    Phronima sedentaria

    *Phronima sedentaria*
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    Kei Nomiyama
    07

    Red spotted Phyllosoma

    Red spotted *Phyllosoma*
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    Kei Nomiyama
    08

    Nemopsis dofleini

    *Nemopsis dofweini*
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    Kei Nomiyama
    09

    Juvenile ghost flathead (Hoplichthyidae)

    Juvenile ghost flathead (*Hoplichthyidae*)
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    Kei Nomiyama
    10

    A jellyfish catches a hitchhiker 2

    *Phyllosoma* larvae riding on a jellyfish
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    Kei Nomiyama
    11

    Cephalopyge trematoides

    *Cephalopyge trematodes*
  • Image may contain Water Aquatic Nature Outdoors Animal and Fish
    Kei Nomiyama
    12

    Juvenile Abralia andamanica

    Juvenile *Aralia andamanica*
  • Image may contain Animal Invertebrate Insect Sea Life and Jellyfish
    Kei Nomiyama
    13

    Zoea (planktonic larval form of a decapod crustacean)

    *Zoea* (planktonic larval form of a decapod crustacean)
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    Kei Nomiyama
    14

    Juvenile Grey Stingfish (Minous monodactylus)

    Juvenile Grey Stingfish (*Minous monodactylus*)
  • Image may contain Animal Invertebrate Jellyfish Sea Life Turtle and Reptile
    Kei Nomiyama
    15

    A jellyfish catches a hitchhiker 4

    *Phyllosoma* larvae of Fan lobster riding on a jellyfish
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    Kei Nomiyama
    16

    Hyalocylis striata sp.

    *Hyalocylis striata sp.*
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    Kei Nomiyama
    17

    Juvenile Engyprosopon sp.

    Juvenile *Engyprosopon sp.*
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    Kei Nomiyama
    18

    A jellyfish catches a hitchhiker 3

    *Phyllosoma* larvae riding on a jellyfish
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