Named for their resemblance to old-fashioned quills, sea pens are colonies of polyps that inhabit the ocean floor! All of the polyps work together & each has a role to play. There are feeding polyps to catch plankton and polyps that circulate water to keep the colony ventilated.
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@AMNH #ocean #marinecreatures #polyps
Love this fossil #coral! The little #polyps “flowers” are so beautiful!
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By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #Minerals #Crystals #Gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer #RockPorn
How #polyps of the moon #jellyfish repel viral attacks on their microbiome
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-polyps-moon-jellyfish-repel-viral.html
Marine #bacteriophages disturb the associated #microbiota of A. aurita with a recoverable effect on host morphology: Melissa Stante et al. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1356337/full
"In the polyp stage, they are attached to the seabed and use their tentacles to catch food from the water. On their surface are numerous #bacteria that form the #microbiome, which plays an important role in the fitness of the polyp"
Named for their resemblance to old-fashioned quills, sea pens are colonies of polyps that inhabit the ocean floor!
All of the polyps work together & each has a role to play. There are feeding polyps to catch plankton and polyps that circulate water to keep the colony ventilated.
@AMNH #sea #polyps #marineanimals
#Polyps as #pixels: Innovative technique maps biochemistry of #CoralReefs https://phys.org/news/2023-09-polyps-pixels-technique-biochemistry-coral.html
Single-polyp #metabolomics reveals biochemical structuring of the coral #holobiont at multiple scales https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05342-8
"researchers are now able to create maps of #coral #biochemistry that reveal with unprecedented detail the distribution of compounds that are integral to the healthy functioning of #reefs."
