Marine environment – Mariene milieu

There are several species of hermit crabs and one of them is the blue-legged hermit crab, an animal that can be found in shallow water in various parts of the Caribbean Sea and therefore also on our island.

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Shells: Caribbean Four-tooth Nerite

februari 14, 2025

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Marine snails which are part of the Nerite family often have small teethlike protrusions which can often be found on the mouth plate (columella fold), the calcerous part at the opening at the bottom of the shell where the slug’s body moves to the outside.

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Ten-legged alien

februari 9, 2025

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This beautiful and delicate creature is a relatively abundant inhabitant of the Caribbean coastal waters. It belongs to the order of Decapoda which is Latin for ten (deca) legged (poda), but most non-scientists will just refer to the name crabs while talking about these creatures.

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Shells: Common purple snail

februari 5, 2025

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In 1758 Linnaeus gave the scientific name Janthina janthina to a tiny and very delicate purple / blue snail shell and its snail inhabitant.

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Shells – The Bleeding Tooth Nerite

januari 31, 2025

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This snail and shell species has quite a name in English: the Bleeding Tooth Nerite. It is kind of logical though if you take a good look at the shell this snail species builds for itself.

Environment - Milieu Marine environment - Mariene milieu

A plastic cup on the head

januari 28, 2025

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If you look around critically in any random supermarket or shop and analyse how much plastic is used, how much plastic is available and how much is disposed of as…

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Surprise along the coast

december 10, 2024

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Every visit to the coastline, and especially along the accessible parts of the north coast, is a new discovery. Life along the coast is different every time you visit. And…

Environment - Milieu

Plastic soup

december 9, 2024

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The oceans are drowning in plastic and the Caribbean is no exception. From large pieces of plastic to the tiniest, barely visible to the naked eye bits of microplastic, humans…

Caribbean Footprint

Tag: Marine environment – Mariene milieu

Blue-legged hermit crabs

Shells: Caribbean Four-tooth Nerite

Ten-legged alien

Shells: Common purple snail

Shells – The Bleeding Tooth Nerite

A plastic cup on the head

Surprise along the coast

Plastic soup

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