Marine Biology Learning Center

“By the wind“ means sailing into the wind as directly as possible. “Large“ refers to when the wind is blowing from some compass point behind a ship’s direction of travel, “abaft the b...

http://marinebiology.org/2019/02/23/by-and-large/

Liparometra regalis – Crinoidia – Feather Stars Etymologyregalis – Latin = ‘of or pertaining to a king’Crinoidea – Greek from krinon – ‘a lily’ Crynoid Facts: They’re not plan...

http://marinebiology.org/2019/02/21/people-say-spiders-are-scary-but-i-am-glad-i-dont-have-crinoids-hiding-all-over-my-house/

Multipore Sea Star – Linckia muitifora Interestingly the Multipore exhibits autotomy (self amputation) and often sheds one or more arms. In this process, the arms become detached at various pos...

http://marinebiology.org/2019/02/14/wont-have-to-wait-to-tell-your-grandchildren-about/

White Tailed Tropic Bird Facts: Tail streamers are white and can be up to seventeen inches long. Feeds largely on flying fish. Tropicbird White-Tailed Tropicbird – Phaethon lepturus Tail Stream...

http://marinebiology.org/2019/02/12/like-a-kite-string-in-the-sky/

Turtle FactAdult female sea turtles are literally magnetically drawn to the comforting beaches here they were hatched.What’s more, scientists suspect that tiny magnetic particles in the sea tur...

http://marinebiology.org/2019/02/05/iron-brained-leads-hard-heads-home/

The Lion’s mane jellyfish – Cyanea capillata – is the largest known species of jellyfish. They can have a bell (body) with a diameter of over 7 feet and tentacles of 120 feet long. Etymolog...

http://marinebiology.org/2019/02/03/this-lions-mane-doesnt-attract-the-ladies/

Creole Wrasse, photo by NOAA Creole wrasse – Clepticus parrae – are protogynous hermaphrodites; the largest fish in a group is a dominant breeding male, While smaller fish remain female. If ...

http://marinebiology.org/2019/02/01/creole-wrasse-fact-how-that-pot-gets-stirred/

Flying Fish Fact: Flying fish can reach the height of four feet in the air, and glide distance of 655 ft before returning to the water. The Exocoetidae are a family of marine fish in the order Be...

http://marinebiology.org/2019/01/31/fly-flying-fish-fly/

Orange cup coral – Tubastraea Coccinea – belongs to a group of corals known as large-polyp stony corals. This non-reef building coral extends beautiful translucent tentacles at night. Tubastr...

http://marinebiology.org/2019/01/30/an-orange-cave-dweller-sitting-where-it-shouldnt-be/

Mollusc Fact: 80% of legal internationally traded conch is consumed in fritters and salads in North America. The Queen Conch – Lobatus gigas is an endangered species and has been protected by o...

http://marinebiology.org/2019/01/29/conch-frittered-to-extinction/