Oyster growers enduring 'death by a thousand cuts' after being closed again
By Tom Mann and Isabella Kelly

Oyster growing areas on the Yorke Peninsula are ordered to close due to the detection of a toxic phytoplankton for the second time this year.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-24/oyster-growing-closed-again-toxic-phytoplankton-yorke-peninsula/106601670

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Frilled shark facts!!

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Frilled shark facts!!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXfQRDAjE54/

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🦞🧬 Lobstermen caught a rare two-toned #lobster off the coast of #CapeCod and donated it to the #WoodsHole #Science #Aquarium.

This split coloration happens in roughly one in 50 million individuals when one fertilized egg absorbs another during development. The resulting #chimera carries two distinct sets of genetic information that affect shell pigmentation differently on each side.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/split-color-lobster-massachusetts/

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Isopods of the world

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This is Ceratosoma trilobatum in the act of oviposition—laying a delicate egg ribbon as it’s carefully deposited onto the substrate. You can see the fresh spiral forming.

https://scubahanknyc.com/2026/03/04/ceratosoma-trilobatum-laying-its-egg-ribbon-in-lembeh-strait/

#MarineBiology #Nudibranch #LembehStrait #MacroPhotography #OceanLife