Chris Mah

@echinoblog.bsky.social

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The "starfish guy"(but also a little about a lot of marine invertebrates, #echinoday #echinoderms. Kaiju, comics enthusiast. Marine scientist, taxonomist, deep-sea researcher. Statements/posts made here are my own & DO NOT REPRESENT HOST organizations

white pentagonal sea star with orange bands interradially and central ring pattern
8 brittle stars with big, thick disks and short arms
a note on white paper
2 page spread of old lithograph style jellyfishes in a very ancient book
4 armed white sea star appearing very cross-like
different growth stages of a single species from smaller flat biscuits on left to big cushion shaped on the right.
book plate with illustrations of 6 sea biscuits
elaborate writing on large book page. German I think
coral in 8 spirals, gold colored on a helical stalk
pentagonal shaped petal pattern each with radiating patterns. White on yellow background
white/brown sea urchin skeleton with purple stripes each with a white curvy wave along each band
a foot long worm with red spots and yellow/golden colored legs
worms.. 3 of them showing an iridescent stripe along center with many legs on either side
big worm in a foot tall jar. many legs and a big mouth with a toothy jaw
round dish like red jellyfish
deep-sea sea pen with 4 polyps each with 8 feeding tentacles.
8 feeding arms surrouding an orange mouth on a white polyp
bumpy disk of a brittle star, white specimen, arms with angular ridge
disk of white brittle star specimen showing off star patterns and plates
white brittle star specimen showing distinct disk plates
underside shot of a 16 armed sea star showing mouth at center with tube foot grooves radiating away from it. interradial details also included
undereside of dried specimen that was painted for public display
green brittle star with black and white patterns-dried specimen painted with life colors
brown urchin body with6 to 7 big spiny spines on a dried urchin
3 dried cookie-shaped sea stars with big round plates on each arm tip
about 20 oral tentacles surrounding the mouth of a deep-sea sea cucumber
round white sea cucumber with 2 brown nipple like ends
blue grey octopus with big eyes on brown bottom
Figure of a brittle star that superficially resembles a sea star with a big disk
comic panel showing red and white super hero Stingray fighting a giant squid
red jelly with white tentacles on black background.
asian man in blue shirt and glasses holding 7 armed starfish
Asian man with glasses, blue jacket alongisde a fossil ammonite which was about 4 feet across
basket star with 10 big thorny spines, 2 each per arm of which there are 5. The thick arms branch
5 rayed snake star with brown patterns on a granule-covered surface
two plastic wrapped fungus/sea star soup mixes. One green, one black
asian man with glasses wearing blue shirt in big white room with specimens in front of him..flanked to one side by students
Sea star with long triangular arms. Brown color..
sea star, 4 arms, 1 broken. brown color, smooth surface with smooth well defined plates
brioche bun with jelly and butter
"sea urchin" with spines made from toothbrushes!
announcement banner for talk today, April 30 at 4pm Eastern
white sponge with big flanges from the side and a large hole on top.
mushroom coral, white body with pink feeding polyps, surrounded by various brittle stars and other deep-sea critters
many, MANY pink sea urchins-covering the sea bottom each with white highlights
pink five armed brittle star. with distinct arm spines