Eyes Under Puget SoundThis species image was collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/psamp/index.htm.Cant get enough benthos? Check out our Eyes Under Puget Sound Critter of the Month species profile blogs at bit.ly/critterofthemonth
Figure 9.Shells and anatomy of granulose thyasirids of the genus Parathyasira. A–E an undescribed abyssal species from the Arabian Sea, NMW.Z. 2014, A–B external and internal views of the shell; C–D scanning electron micrographs of the granulose microsculpture; E gross anatomy. F Parathyasira resupina, holotype and type of the genus, New South Wales, AMS C57834; G–I Parathyasira subcircularis, Rockall Trough, NMW.Z.2013, G external of shell; H gross anatomy; I micrograph showing radial granulose sculpture.
Figure 7A–F.Scanning electron micrographs of the ctenidium of Ochetoctena tomasi, A frontal face, frontal surface intact on the left, removed on the right to reveal tubules; B frontal surface with entrances to tubules arrowed; C single filament showing lateral and median tubules; D cross section of a single tubule; E long section of adjacent tubules; F bacterial bundles within bacteriocytes and paddle tipped filaments in the lumen of the tubule. bct bacteriocyte; spb spherical body; ptf paddle tipped filaments; fs frontal surface; fs (rem) frontal surface removed; lt lateral tubule; mt median tubule.