Aquatic Biology Tattoos

People who know me will understand why I have done this post. Those who don't know me that well; despite my obsession of finding you the weirdest creative shit on the interweb, I studied Marine & Freshwater Biology at Uni(!).

Viruses attacking red blood cells on the left and unicellular organisms spawning life on the right 

A Diatom inspired by the engravings of Dr Ernst Haeckl in the 1900's

At 6 o'clock, we have Ceratium, a type of Dinoflagellate. Going anti-clockwise, to the right is a Radiolarian, then next to that is Cyanobacteria (Blue Green Algae), followed by Seaweed at 9 o'clock. Asteroidea (Starfish) are at 1 o'clock and the rest are a mystery to me! Thanks to the help of old friend, Dr. Jonathan Tyler from the Natural History museum for helping with identifying these organisms! 

A lovely diagram of a squid! Well annotated too!

Angler fish with token prey

What a lovely sight to behold! California sealion pups playing with a Loggerhead Turtle whilst a Dugong sucks on a candycane!

Another great diagram of a Horseshoe Crab

A Pacific Sea Nettle Jellyfish

A 'living fossil', the four-lobed/finned Coecalanth fish.

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