A STUNNING new photographic exhibition of organisms resembling something from a science-fiction movie will go on show at the Blue Planet Aquarium in Ellesmere Port.

The display, which is called Mini-monsters and Micro-beasts, starts on Monday and features organisms, all under two millimetres long, found in the sea off the South West of England.

They have been photographed by Dr Kirby, a Royal Society Research Fellow at the University of Plymouth, and then printed at huge magnification to help explain how the plankton world works.

Dr Kirby said: “They account for half of the world’s photosynthesis and help regulate our climate. They also form a food web without which there would be no fish.”

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