O MUNDO DE YEMANJÁ E NETUNO

Flower Hat Jellyfish From the Maldives The term jellyfish encompasses about 1,500 species, ranging in size from microscopic to more than seven feet wide and 100 feet long. These are purple-lipped cross jellyfish.  SEA SLUGS OR NUDIBRANCHES Golden nudibranch looks like a caterpillar of the sea by Mona Dienhart @ monaand chris.com By Ricardo Araujo on flickr   By vanveelen on flickr The Fiery Sea Slug, Flabellina goddardi, discovered in 2008 by Marine Biologist Jeff Goddard. It lays a lacy egg mass that hatch into tiny babies. The egg mass is formed that way so that each baby receives enough oxygen. An Elegant Sapsucking Slug, racing slug-fashion across a bed of encrusting sponge. From Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia.  By Ned Deloach at Wetpixel.   A sea bouquet, Sea Tunicates Blue and Strawberry by OceanwideImages By mandarinfish on Flickr, Linda Cline Purple ring topsnail. Barkely Sound, B.C. Canadá by randapex on Flickr Coral, Ricordea yuma Crinoid. In case you’re wondering, it’s an animal, not a plant. Another plant-like sea animal. Wish I knew the name. This is a worm!  Amazing blue and red Christmastree worm, by nialldeiraniya on Flickr Fire Urchin Ascidian – Sea Squirts by indr on flickr, Leander Wiseman CLAMS, WHO KNEW THEY COULD LOOK LIKE THIS? By Jaques de Selliers at Scuba-photos.net   Is it too mean to call these a little comic relief? Garden eels in Sulawesi, Indonesia. I can see how they got their name. Cirrate octopod – or Dumbo Barreleye the Barreleye fish has a completely transparent head. Looks like leaves in its brain. It’s a thin line between funny and cute. Baby thornback ray Puffer fish by peentho266 on Flickr Party Balloon Balloonfish on Calabas Reef, Bonaire. Guineafowl Pufferfish (Arothron meleagris), Moa in Hawaiian Helmet Urchins, or Shingle Urchins and in Hawaiian are called kaupali which translates to cliff hanging These urchins are found in the harsh intertidal zone of the volcanic shores of Hawaii. Bat Fish Sea Jewel by Holly Berry Shots   Clown Triggerfish by Brian Mayes on flickr Male cardinal fish carrying his babies. Chromodoris willani are known for their diamond encrusted gills and rhinophores. pyrosome – luminous deep sea creatures photographed by Joshua Lambus via Telegraph in the UK Rare Glowing Flower Hat Jellyfish Janolus cristatus glowing Nudibranch, by Raimundo Fernandez on flickr Tunicate by mandarinfish, via Flickr, linda cline Wobbegong sharks, great name. Xenophora, a marine snail commonly known as the carrier shell, attaches shel