Eric Edsinger
000generic.bsky.social
Eric Edsinger
@000generic.bsky.social
squishy, crunchy, salty, or not - researcher
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Of possible note - the order of words that worked is similar to the order of words on the command line / in code.
March 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Dendraster excentricus 1-day juvenile - with adult sand used to induce metamorphosis from a swimming pluteus larva yesterday.

Tube feet for walking and spines for protection - speed is 4x.

Sand dollars and sea urchins are closely-related - you can see it in the young juveniles.
January 31, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Echinoderm echinoid Dendraster excentricus sand dollars!

11-day old larvae competent for settlement and metamorphosis - and mid-metamorphosis juveniles with larval arms still present - and skeletal rods poking out!

I was pipetting them and they stuck themselves to the glass with their tube feet.
January 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Pteropod gastropod mollusc - the sea angel Clione limacina!

Collected off the UW FHL docks today. A tiny one - slightly bigger than a grain of rice.

Imaging on a microscope is tough - lighting and movement are challenges - need to develop a rig for swimming zooplankton / small pelagic animals!
January 29, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Crustacean larva!

Scooped up off the floating dock at UW FHL marine field station today.

So much structural engineering. Great transparency!

1-2 inches ? It collapsed the legs to form a trailing tail when swimming - little nubbin body at the front.
January 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM