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Mesopelagic shrimp with bioluminescence on legs.

Mesopelagic shrimp with bioluminescence on legs.
Mesopelagic shrimp with bioluminescence on legs.
Mesopelagic shrimp with bioluminescence on legs.
Mesopelagic shrimp with bioluminescence on legs.
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Caiger, Paul
Mesopelagic shrimp with bioluminescence on legs.
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08/13/2018
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This shrimp was collected this summer on a WHOI-led cruise to the Northwestern Atlantic aboard the NOAA research vessel Henry B. Bigelow. The expedition was WHOIs first to focus on the ocean twilight zone, a region 200 to 1,000 meters below the surface that abounds with life. Many twilight zone animals are relatively small, like this midwater shrimp, and can make their own light through a process known as bioluminescence. The New York Times recently highlighted WHOIs pioneering project and some of the ocean twilight zones unusual inhabitants.
Photo by Paul Caiger
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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