Big plankton

Raul G · Post by **Raul G** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:13 pm

Digging into the Mar de Cortez Plankton I found this guy floating near a reef at Espiritu Santo Island in Baja California.
Too big for the microscope, but the 105mm worked fine. And a couple of polarizer filters did the trick.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 2:36 pm

Dang, What a shot!

Got any more of'em

tpe · Post by **tpe** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:07 pm

Absolutly cracking shot, yes i would love to see more, and incedently without the polorising filter just to see what it did.

tim

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:12 pm

WOW. We do not see many like this.....very well done

. I love the gill rakes, I assume for filter feeding. Any idea on what family it might be in?

Raul G · Post by **Raul G** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:22 pm

Hi guys! I'm glad you liked the photo. I have more images but they are from the same species, no brightfield

, sorry.

beetleman wrote:Take Nothing but Pictures--Leave Nothing but Footprints.

But I did returned the sample to the ocean after fighting the temptation to fix it.

I don’t even have an idea of the order, a crustacean maybe?

Wim van Egmond · Post by **Wim van Egmond** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:26 am

It is a great image! It is a barnacle and I think it is the shedded skin.

Wim

Gordon C. Snelling · Post by **Gordon C. Snelling** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:01 am

I agree it is a barnacle, beautiful shot.

Raul G · Post by **Raul G** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:48 am

YES!... a Barnacle, TNX guys.

I am looking into Haeckel's book...
Must be Cirripedia.