Am I looking at hose-barbs with tapered threads screwed into the bottom of plastic sea-strainers? The plastic threads on one of them may have been stripped and repaired with pipe tape to stop leakage. Leaving aside the possibly stripped threads, I would be concerned that the forces produced by the pipe thread might split the plastic as time passes. If it were on my boat, I feel much more comfortable with bronze Perko-type strainers in this situation - expecially below the water line.
Edit: on examining the second photo more carefully, the "pipe tape" looks more like paper towel! I wold suggest you turn of the appropriate seacock and investigate ASAP.
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