Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
⁉️What am I? 📲 Leave your guess in the comments!
Hint: In my "megalops" stage, my abdomen is stretched out and my legs are not fully formed. I'll remain this way for up to 3 weeks, molting several times and traveling with offshore currents until I mature and settle down– perhaps in a wetland near you!
This specimen was collected during a research cruise to the Northeast Shelf Long Term Ecological Research Station (NES LTER) in October 2023. Led by #WHOI biologist Heidi Sosik, this NSF-funded program aims to understand and predict how planktonic food webs are changing along the New England continental shelf—and how those changes may impact the productivity of fisheries and other marine species in the region.
Macro 📹 by Daniel Cojanu/ UnderCurrent Productions © WHOI
⁉️What am I? 📲 Leave your guess in the comments!
Hint: In my "megalops" stage, my abdomen is stretched out and my legs are not fully formed. I'll remain this way for up to 3 weeks, molting several times and traveling with offshore currents until I mature and settle down– perhaps in a wetland near you!
This specimen was collected during a research cruise to the Northeast Shelf Long Term Ecological Research Station (NES LTER) in October 2023. Led by #WHOI biologist Heidi Sosik, this NSF-funded program aims to understand and predict how planktonic food webs are changing along the New England continental shelf—and how those changes may impact the productivity of fisheries and other marine species in the region.
Macro 📹 by Daniel Cojanu/ UnderCurrent Productions © WHOI
