The "starfish guy"(but also a little about a lot of marine invertebrates, #echinoday #echinoderms. Kaiju, comics enthusiast. Marine scientist, taxonomist, deep-sea researcher. Statements/posts made here are my own & DO NOT REPRESENT HOST organizationshttps://bsky.app/profile/echinoblog.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/echinoblog.bsky.social/post/3mrgrktwjzk2kha ha. Wasn't sure if this was a sea cucumber or not! Did not see an anus or a mouth..but are those tube feet on the bottom? WHAT SAY YOU?? #okeanos 2700-2800 m Cook Islands Seamount25 Jul 2026 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:o67d3ibq6tj4o7s6mywknayx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgrktwjzk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/echinoblog.bsky.social/post/3mrfr4qkfik2uA new #GFOE video from #okeanos PELAGOTHURIA! the only true swimming pelagic sea cucumber! https://youtu.be/N3tTAPZgDCM?si=F52o0-DP5UV_9DyO24 Jul 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:o67d3ibq6tj4o7s6mywknayx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfr4qkfik2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/echinoblog.bsky.social/post/3mrfnejf2hs2qAs much as I like this article, I feel compelled to mention that the fossil star is Paleozoic from a VERY much older time period than most of the other Mesozoic-Cretaceous stuff they are talking about... [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:o67d3ibq6tj4o7s6mywknayx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfnejf2hs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/echinoblog.bsky.social/post/3mrda74sq2s2yAn interesting report on the commonly encountered shallow "chocolate chip" sea star Protoreaster nodosus- the AI pic is wrong-but it summarizes an interesting finding. Science is listed in comments https://www.ecoportal.net/en/starfish-light-guiding-structures-rare/29264/23 Jul 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:o67d3ibq6tj4o7s6mywknayx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrda74sq2s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/echinoblog.bsky.social/post/3mrd7vkhosc2yBRISINGID SEA STARS in the news! #bioluminescence https://www.sciencenorway.no/animal-world-marine-biology-sogn-og-fjordane/a-strange-bioluminescent-starfish-lives-at-depths-of-nearly-1000-metres-in-norways-longest-fjord/269107823 Jul 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:o67d3ibq6tj4o7s6mywknayx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrd7vkhosc2y