MARINE GROUND-DWELLERS

Images by Jan Kocian

MARINE GROUND-DWELLERS

Images by Jan Kocian

sometimes worms don’t live in the ground

… especially in the Salish Sea. These curious creatures come in many forms from feathers to trumpets.

moon snails and nudibranchs (sea slugs)

Some of the denizens of the Salish Sea floor are similar to creatures found on the forest floor like slugs and snails.

See more about these snails in our article Moon Snails at Low Tide, Summer 2021

Striped nudibranchs (sea slugs) feasting on orange sea pens.

See more about these nudibranchs in: The striped nudibranch: Don’t mess with this ferocious sea slug!

strange resemblances

Sometime the creatures at the bottom of the Salish Sea look a little like ferns and mosses in the forest — like this seaweed and sea anemones.

Find out more about: Aggregating Anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima

when is a worm not a worm?

See more about the Great Naval Shipworm, Teredo navalis, an invasive species

Jan Kocian got scuba certified in 1964 in a landlocked Czechoslovakia. He always wanted travel the world, and diving was part of it.

After leaving the lands behind the Iron Curtain, he found a new home in the USA and was able to follow his dream. He is now retired on an island in the Salish Sea, still trying to capture some of the wonders on camera.

Table of Contents, Issue #15, Spring 2022

Eelgrass Flowering

by Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria and Isabella Brown, Spring 2022 Seagrass Lab, Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington Eelgrass at low tide, showing mostly flat green leaves and a yellowish, round flowering head near the center of the photo. photo by John F....

The Decomposers

Video by Tom and Sara Noland Sara and Thomas Noland are naturalists who live in Everett, Washington. They live in a tiny house with many cats but are fortunate to have a big yard with lots of trees, birds, and lichens. They frequently take field trips to enjoy and...

Pillbugs, Sowbugs

by Tom Noland, Spring 2022Oniscus sowbug. photo by John F. WilliamsOniscus sowbug. photo by John F. Williamsby Thomas Noland, Spring 2022Pillbugs and sowbugs are some of the small creatures you’ll commonly find on the surface of the soil. You’ll often encounter them...

I Dig Worms

by Barb Erickson, Spring 2022Nightcrawler photo by SanduStefan from PixabayBy Barb Erickson, Spring 2022I remember the iguana and the earthworm. The iguana lived in the back of the room, in a cage made of two-by-fours and chicken wire. When I say “…in the back of the...

Poetry-15

Spring 2022Salish Sea, Cama Beach Historical State Park, Camano Island, Washington.* photo by Luke VolkmannSalish Sea, Cama Beach Historical State Park, Camano Island, Washington.* photo by Luke VolkmannSpring 2022From the Ground Up by Sheryl Shapiro Venus shining...

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