Deto echinata is back in my collection! This is a huge (about 3 cm) species of seaside isopods from South Africa. They have a bright sexual dimorphism — males are spiny, females are smooth. I hope that this time I will be able to better consolidate them in culture

Who doesn’t love ice cream?🍦Meet the ice cream cone worm, Pectinaria gouldii! These builders craft intricate cone-shaped tubes just one sand grain thick! They live in tubes beneath the sediment in shallow waters, using their golden bristles to dig & their tentacles to find food.