Mick's Marine Life: VLIZ

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25 December 2024

Polybius dioscurus - Atlantic grey swimming crab - Atlantische grijze zwemkrab

Polybius dioscurus García-Raso, d'Udekem d'Acoz, Moukrim, Schubart & Cuesta, 2024

Atlantic grey swimming crab - Atlantische grijze zwemkrab

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo specimen A, dead male crab (probably deceased by dredging), carapace width 34 mm, with Electra pilosa (Hairy sea-mat - Harig kantmosdiertje) and remnants of Ectopleura larynx (Flower head polyp - Gorgelpijppoliep), 23-8-2023.

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo specimen A, 23-8-2023.

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo specimen A, with Electra pilosa (Hairy sea-mat - Harig kantmosdiertje), 23-8-2023. Click here for detail Electra.

Den Osse - Nieuwe Kerkweg, the Netherlands, 13-6-2023. Specimen B.

Den Osse - Nieuwe Kerkweg, the Netherlands, 13-6-2023. Specimen C.

Brouwersdam - Noord, the Netherlands, 23-9-2023. In vitro photo, female specimen D (underneath male), 26-12-2023.

Brouwersdam - Noord, the Netherlands, 23-9-2023. In vitro photo female specimen D, 18-2-2024.

* Collected with the VLIZ research vessel RV Simon Stevin, beam trawl track 1, coordinates: start 51° 30.360’ N – 2° 39.047’ E - stop 51° 31.539’ N – 2° 39.384’ E

24 October 2023

Perforatus perforatus - Perforated barnacle - Vulkaantje

Perforatus perforatus (Bruguière, 1789)

Perforated barnacle - Vulkaantje

Ile Raguénez, Brittany, France, 14-5-2012.

Strada Costiera, Trieste, Italy, 9-9-2016.

Ile Raguénez, Brittany, France, 14-5-2012.

Strada Costiera, Trieste, Italy, 9-9-2016.

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo specimen on a carapace of Maja brachydactyla.

Neeltje Jans - Radartoren, the Netherlands, 4-2-2025.

Neeltje Jans - Radartoren, the Netherlands, 4-2-2025. Specimens A at the top.

Neeltje Jans - Radartoren, the Netherlands, 4-2-2025. Specimens A.

Neeltje Jans - Radartoren, the Netherlands, 4-2-2025.

Neeltje Jans - Radartoren, the Netherlands, 4-2-2025. Specimen B.

Oranjemolen, the Netherlands, 22-2-2023.**

Burghsluis - Oost, the Netherlands, 15-2-2024. On the right side two specimens C, accompanied by Austrominius modestus and Balanus crenatus.**

* Collected with the VLIZ research vessel RV Simon Stevin, beam trawl track 3, coordinates: start 51° 30.511’ N – 2° 35.273’ E - stop 51° 29.559’ N – 2° 36.378’ E

** With thanks to Marco Faasse for the identification (7-5-2025: "although 100% identification is not possible without removing the animal and examining it in detail").

Thia scutellata - Thumbnail crab - Nagelkrab

Thia scutellata (Fabricius, 1793)

Thumbnail crab - Nagelkrab

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo specimen A (left) and specimen B (right), both carapace length 8 mm, 18-8-2023.

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo specimen A, 18-8-2023.

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo specimen B, 18-8-2023.

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo specimen A, 18-8-2023.

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo specimen A (burrowing took him 86 seconds), 18-8-2023.

* Collected with the VLIZ research vessel RV Simon Stevin, Van Veen grab sampler track 1, coordinates: 51° 30.607’ N – 2° 39.486’ E.

20 October 2023

Alcyonidium diaphanum - Sea chervil - Bruine zeevinger

Alcyonidium diaphanum (Hudson, 1778)

Sea chervil - Bruine zeevinger

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo, L: 68 mm, 23-8-2023. With (not originally) attached Actinothoe sphyrodeta.

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo, L: 120 mm, 23-8-2023. With Hormathia coronata and (not originally) attached Actinothoe sphyrodeta.

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo, L: 38 mm, 23-8-2023.

Porthkerris, United Kingdom, 29-5-2018.

Porthkerris, United Kingdom, 29-5-2018. Specimen A.

* Collected with the VLIZ research vessel RV Simon Stevin, beam trawl track 1, coordinates: start 51° 30.360’ N – 2° 39.047’ E - stop 51° 31.539’ N – 2° 39.384’ E

Aora gracilis

cf. Aora gracilis (Spence Bate, 1857)

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo dead female specimen A, L: 8 mm, 22-8-2023.

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo dead female specimen A, 22-8-2023.

With thanks to Marco Faasse for the identification.

* Collected with the VLIZ research vessel RV Simon Stevin, beam trawl track 1, coordinates: start 51° 30.360’ N – 2° 39.047’ E - stop 51° 31.539’ N – 2° 39.384’ E

Loimia ramzega - Reuzenschelpkokerworm

Loimia ramzega Lavesque, Bonifácio, Londoño-Mesa, Le Garrec & Grall, 2017

Reuzenschelpkokerworm

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo tubes, largest fragment length 44 mm & diameter 15 mm, standing fragment diameter 15 mm, 21-8-2023.

* Collected with the VLIZ research vessel RV Simon Stevin, Van Veen grab sampler track 1, coordinates: 51° 30.607’ N – 2° 39.486’ E.

Ophelia or Ophelina species

Ophelia species Savigny, 1822 or Ophelina species Örsted, 1843

Ophelia limacina?

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo specimen A, L; 20 mm, 21-8-2023.

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo specimen A, 21-8-2023.

* Collected with the VLIZ research vessel RV Simon Stevin, beam trawl track 2, coordinates: start 51° 32.121’ N – 2° 38.534’ E - stop 51º 33.415’ N – 2° 38.663’ E