Katja Schulz says:
Blue tang surgeonfish, Acanthurus coeruleus, Cat Island, Bahamas.
Young juveniles are bright yellow! Older juveniles are orange with grey stripes. Adults can change color from very dark blue or purple to almost white.
Katja Schulz says:
Blue flutterer, チョウトンボ, Rhyothemis fuliginosa, Japan.
Katja Schulz says:
Blue sea squirt, Rhopalaea sp., Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi.
This solitary, sessile ascidian has a transparent test enclosing a perforated pharynx lined with a sieve-like apparatus for filtering food from the water column. The animal may be tinged in a variety of different colors.
Katja Schulz says:
Peacock, Pavo cristatus, native to India
Katja Schulz says:
Blue entoloma, Entoloma hochstetteri, New Zealand
The amazing blue color of this mushroom is due to azulene pigments. A number of other blue mushrooms also get their color from these polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, e.g., the well-known indigo milkcap, Lactarius indigo.
Katja Schulz says:
Blue morpho Morpho sp., native to Central and South America
Katja Schulz says:
Blue nudibranch, Tambja morosa, Tulamben, Bali
Katja Schulz says:
Blue poison dart frog, Dendrobates tinctorius, native to Suriname.
The blue color of these frogs is predominantly structural, resulting from blue light reflected by pigment cells (iridophores) immediately below the outermost layer of the skin.
Katja Schulz says:
Indo-Pacific Portuguese man-o-war, Physalia utriculus, in a rock pool near Malabar baths pool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Katja Schulz says:
Splendid fairywren, Malurus splendens, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
Breeding males have gorgeous contrasting iridescent blue and black plumage, while non-breeding males, females and juveniles are predominantly beige-brown with some blue in the tail and wings. The strong sexual dimorphism in plumage coloration is the result of intense sexual selection. Although these birds pair up to raise their young, there is evidence for copious extra-pair copulation by both males and females.
Katja Schulz says:
Elephant ear sponge, Ianthella basta, Papua New Guinea
Katja Schulz says:
Blue sea dragon, Glaucus atlanticus, New South Wales, Australia
Katja Schulz says:
Crinoid shrimp, Periclimenes sp., Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi
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