Marine Invertebrates
The Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus) has arrived on Kodiak Island. Ochre sea stars are…
TAGS: Ochre Star, Sea Star, Sea Stars in Alaska, Starfish
Green sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) inhabit the Arctic regions of both the Atlantic and Pacific…
Sea cucumbers are some of the strangest-looking organisms on the beach. They might have the…
Echinoderms are my favorite intertidal animals. They belong to the phylum Echinodermata and live only…
Kodiak is synonymous with giant bears, king crabs, and weathervane scallops. The weathervane, also known…
I mentioned last week in my post about sea stars that beaches on Kodiak teem…
Visitors to our lodge are often surprised by the large number of brightly colored sea…
You probably have seen moon jellies at an aquarium. They are the small, round, nearly-…
The lion’s mane jelly (Cyanea capillata) is the largest known species of jelly. The largest…
There is nothing simple about jellyfish, except the creatures themselves. From their taxonomy to their…