Turbinate Sea Snail

Invertebrates > Mollusks

The Turbinate Sea Snail (Phorcus turbinatus) is one of the most familiar and ecologically significant gastropod mollusks of Mediterranean rocky coastlines. Belonging to the top snail family Trochidae, this robust, thick-shelled herbivore forms dense grazing...

Jellybean Water Flea

Invertebrates > Crustaceans

The Jellybean Water Flea (Daphnia lumholtzi) is a uniquely armored freshwater cladoceran that has captured international ecological attention. Native originally to the subtropical and tropical freshwater basins of Africa, southern Asia, and Australia, this microscopic...

Delta Deepwater Fan

Invertebrates > Corals

The Delta Deepwater Fan (Callogorgia delta) is an architecturally magnificent deep-sea octocoral belonging to the primnoid fan family Primnoidae. Abundantly established along the deep continental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico, this slow-growing gorgonian forms...

Russian Arborvitae

Plants > Conifers

The Russian Arborvitae (Microbiota decussata), also known as the Siberian carpet cypress, is a unique, monotypic evergreen conifer belonging to the cypress family Cupressaceae. Endemic exclusively to the rugged, subalpine heights of the Sikhote-Alin mountain range in...

Red-Bellied Comb Jelly

Invertebrates > Comb Jellies

The Red-Bellied Comb Jelly (Thaumactena erythrogaster) is a mesmerizing, deeply enigmatic invertebrate that inhabits the sunless bathypelagic realms of the world’s oceans. Belonging to the cydippid comb jelly lineage within Ctenophora, this fragile oceanic...