Larval (baby) starfish - brachiolaria in metamorphosis (summer, North Sea)
Автор: Igor Adameyko
Загружено: 2025-08-02
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Описание: Intuitively we may think that starfish are born as "tiny stars". This is not the case. Starfish start their life among the plankton, looking weird and alien, nothing close to their adult shape. Eventually, they grow and enter metamorphosis before settling on the seafloor. Two larval stages are called bipinnaria and brachiolaria, and their purpose is to disperse the otherwise slowly moving species by harnessing the power of the ocean currents. These larvae in the video are approx. 4 mm in length,
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