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Athorybia rosacea, a siphonophore, colonial jelly.

Athorybia rosacea, a siphonophore, colonial jelly.
Athorybia rosacea, a siphonophore, colonial jelly.
Athorybia rosacea, a siphonophore, colonial jelly.
Athorybia rosacea, a siphonophore, colonial jelly.
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Madin, Laurence
Athorybia rosacea, a siphonophore, colonial jelly.
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04/21/2006
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Image of the Day caption:
This specimen of Athorybia, a siphonophore or colonial jellyfish, was collected recently from a Census of Marine Zooplankton cruise off the U.S. East Coast. Researchers foundmany new species in water as deep as 4,500 meters (15,000 feet).
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 45, No. 2, Pg. 8-9:
Among the small animals found on a tropical Atlantic cruise in April were (left to right) a transparent comb jelly, a reddish deep-sea squid, a jellyfish, and speckled globular colonies of single cells.
Photo by Larry Madin
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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