Edwardsiella andrillae, an Antarctic species of sea anemone that lives upside-down, burrowing into the sea ice and projecting its tentacles into the frigid water below.
(De gauche à droite / from left to right) Jeremy, Elio, Adrian, Orah, Clotilde & Uma, Loukaa, Parthenope, l'Alien, Anemone, la Reine Anthozoa ♀️♀️♂️
The snail in this photo is identified as either Harpovoluta charcoti,Provocatorsp., or Provocator corderoi. The sea anemone (Isosicyonis alba) is probably always attached to a gastropod snail, and it occurs in the Antarctic, in the southern Atlantic, and South Chile.
Derelict fishing gear and other marine debris smother existing animals and create an unstable habitat for those organisms that survive the initial impact. Here some examples of litter items on Condor seamount, west-southwest of Faial Island in the Azores, and interactions with local fauna.
A) close up of a Dentomuriceacf. meteor entangled within a longline
B)glass bottle next toDentomuriceacf.meteor
C)lost wooden box used by fisherman to hook their longlines
D) several Dentomuriceacf.meteor partially damaged
