Category Archives: Other Marine Animals

What is Horseshoe Crab Blood Used For and How Do They Spawn? Meet Edna the Horseshoe Crab!

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Cherilyn Chin

Hi, I’m Edna, a horseshoe crab. I’m not truly a crab, but an arthropod related to scorpions, spiders and ticks. I’m excited because it is the new moon. It is time for me to mate and lay my eggs in … Continue reading →

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10 Fabulous Sea Cucumber Facts

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Cherilyn Chin

10 Sea Cucumber Facts 1. Sea cucumbers are not a vegetable, but an invertebrate (animal without a backbone). They are like a squishy leather-like terrestrial cucumber with a mouth on one end and an anus on the other. They breathe … Continue reading →

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What Is Bioluminescence and Why Do So Many Deep-Sea Animals Have It?

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Cherilyn Chin

What is bioluminescence? Bio = biological, or life, Lumen = light (unit) Bioluminescence is the biochemical emission of light by living organisms such as deep-sea fishes. It produces the “glow-in-the-dark” look of certain animals such as fireflies and the “fireworks” … Continue reading →

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Blue-Green Bacteria (Prochlorococcus) are Most Abundant Photosynthesizing Biomass on Earth

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Cherilyn Chin

That’s right, a bacterium called Prochlorococcus marinus, is the most plentiful photosynthesizing biomass on Earth. There are a billion billion billion (or trillion trillion) Prochlorococci in all the world’s oceans. It’s not a plant (though it has chlorophyll like them), … Continue reading →

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European Eel Life Cycle

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Cherilyn Chin

Hi, I’m a European eel. I was born in the Sargasso Sea. The Sargasso Sea is located in the North Atlantic Ocean, due east of Bermuda. I use the Earth’s magnetic field to navigate, a sixth sense of sorts. When … Continue reading →

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