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mapo-leon · 1 year

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I bought an atlas of baltic sea animals which has very pretty illustration and decided to draw one of the critters that was there

So here is Monoporeia affinis!!! It's a small (up to 8mm) benthic amphipod. Also it used to be called Pontoporeia affinis but they changed the name for some reason.

Only the first sketch is scientifically accurate (you can see me counting the segments). The other two were more for fun.

#welcome to me info dumping about baltic sea critters #there probably will be more drawings like this because that album is a great reference #also now i will tag my art as mapo art so it doesn't get lost #cw bugs #I guess its a bug #bug art #monoporeia affinis #sketch #doodle #sea animals #mapo art

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