Regular print
Regular Prints are unsigned by the author and unlimited in reprints. They are museum quality prints, not to be confused with mass-posters. Made to order, they come in three standard different sizes but customized format can be ordered.
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Limited edition print
Signed by the author, they are limited to a worlwide total of 10 prints, all formats included. Collector's items, real artwork individually made to order, they are printed under the author's supervision on a paper used for museum exhibitions.
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Licenses
All images are right protected, which means we control the rights to these images in order to avoid conflicts with competing clients. Some images may be bought exclusively which prevents your competitors from using the same images.
Licenses are granted for a specific period of time. Prices vary according to usage. Read our FAQs as well as our terms and conditions for all details.
basket star shrimp
This is a very tiny (5mm - 0.2 in) basket star shrimp "periclimenes lanipes" in a basket star "astroboa ernae".
The basket stars are usually deployed in darkness and perpendicular to the current. They have a central flat beetle-shaped disc (diameter about 10 cm - 4 in) from where the mobile arm separate by dichotomy to form a circular animal lace net. The diameter can be up to 1 m (3.3 feet). The winding ends of the arms create loops in this structure giving it the appearance of alive hair.
Lacking eyes, they are however very sensitive to light and "rewind" fast from the ends if they are enlightened. Their mouth is formed by a small opening in the center of the disk on the side where the arms are folding.
ISO 100, 150mm, f-25, 1/250 s.
