Cifonauta

marine biology image database

Tours

Hydromedusa +
Hydromedusa

77 images

  • Created: Feb. 21, 2012, 2:49 p.m.
  • Modified: Sept. 15, 2019, 8:44 a.m.
Dinoflagelate +
Dinoflagelate

Plankton: microscopic giants

Although generally small in size, planktonic beings are giants in stature. Basis of marine food chains, the plankton (Greek planktos, drifting) comprises a great diversity of uni- and multicellular organisms … Click to keep reading and start the tour.

79 images

  • Created: Nov. 3, 2011, 11:28 p.m.
  • Modified: Sept. 22, 2019, 2:54 p.m.
First cleavage +
First cleavage

The life cycle of an echinoderm

In this tour you can follow the life stages of the sea biscuit Clypeaster subdepressus. This echinoderm is related to sea urchins, but its body is flattened and it lives … Click to keep reading and start the tour.

51 images

  • Created: June 15, 2011, 12:07 p.m.
  • Modified: Sept. 22, 2019, 2:54 p.m.
Polychaete +
Polychaete

Araçá Bay

The Araçá Bay (São Sebastião, State of São Paulo), within one of Brazil’s most beautiful coastlines, has small relict mangrove stands and a very diverse marine ecosystem. As such, the … Click to keep reading and start the tour.

109 images

  • Created: May 2, 2011, 12:35 p.m.
  • Modified: Sept. 22, 2019, 2:49 p.m.
Sea urchin +
Sea urchin
Pluteus larva.

57 images

  • Created: March 21, 2011, midnight
  • Modified: Sept. 22, 2019, 2:52 p.m.