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Phylo
Earlier in the summer Maki and I did some paintings* for the World Science Festival (eagle-eyed readers might have seen mention of this in the archives somewhere). The illustrations were for a deck of...
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Brain Coral
Coral Reefs are as delicate as they are beautiful, and as a way to reverse some of the damage done to them by natural and unnatural factors (such as bottom trawling–the equivalent of punching and...
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RedFish
25% of all marine species live in less than 0.1% of the ocean, the coral reefs! Today’s inhabitant and Phylo card set illustration is the Redfish, Sebastes spp. They are a relatively abundant, slow...
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Maiden’s Hair
Maiden’s Hair aka Chlorodesmis fastigiata is a marine algae and plankton species. It’s also commonly known as turtle weed, though Maiden’s hair is clearly superior in eliciting interest. It definitely...
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Zooxanthellae
What can be said about Zooxanthellae that you don’t already know, amirite? Well, Zooxanthellae is really a colloquialism for the genus Symbiodinium (a dinoflagellate*), which is a unicellular algae...
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Whale Shark
The Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus, is not only the largest member of the shark family, it’s also the largest of the fish species–and it’s the first in the series of Phylo Coral-Reef Card illustrations...
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Bubblegum Coral
Bubblegum Coral, aka Paragorgia arborea, is the upbeat name given to this genus of cold-water gorgonian coral and is the second in Maki’s Phylo Coral Reef illustrations! As a sea fan Bubblegum Coral...
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Flamingo Tongue Snail
Part 3 in section 2 of our Phylo Coral reef series is the colorful Flamingo Tongue Snail. The FTS is a relatively common gastropod mollusk that feeds on soft coral (as a parasite) and can reach an inch...
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Feather Duster Worm
Nature is better than you. Now, although I take that statement to be self evident*, I have a very specific and small point in mind that I’d like to elaborate on. Y’know how buying flowers and putting...
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Nudibranch
I tend not to think of anything pretty when I hear the word slug (in fact I think of dull slimy things that would be best avoided*). But the Nudibranchs, a type of sea slug, come in an incredible...
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