The Census of Marine Life: Photo of the Week – Baby Slipper Lobster
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(Click to enlarge) Census of Marine Life - Photo of the Week
This baby slipper lobster, found during a Census of Marine Life expedition, is completely transparent, though as the creature grows, a thick shell will cover it. The lobster’s bizarre eyes may confuse predators while it floats among plankton, or tiny animals.
Photograph courtesy Peter Parks, SeaPics.com, from the book Citizens of the Sea
The Census of Marine Life (CoML) is a broad global initiative that supports research at the frontiers of our oceans: the hottest undersea vents, the deepest and darkest depths, the rapidly changing poles, and the most interesting biological “hotspots.” CoML projects engage more than 2000 scientists and marine professionals from 80 countries in an initial ten-year effort to assess and explain the diversity, distribution and abundance of marine life in the world’s oceans – past, present and future.
Click here to learn more about the Census of Marine Life (CoML).
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