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The hydroid Bouillonia cornucopia spawns under a microscope

The hydroid Bouillonia cornucopia spawns under a microscope
The hydroid Bouillonia cornucopia spawns under a microscope
The hydroid Bouillonia cornucopia spawns under a microscope
The hydroid Bouillonia cornucopia spawns under a microscope
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Meyer-Kaiser, Kirstin and Schrage, Kharis
The hydroid Bouillonia cornucopia spawns under a microscope
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11/16/2021
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Caption from 2022 WHOI wall calendar, February:
The hydroid Bouillonia cornucopia spawns under a microscope after collection from the Arctic deep sea. Hydroids are related to anemones, jellies, and corals. WHOI scientist Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser found this B. cornucopia on an oceanographic mooring 2,500 meters deep. “We typically think of Arctic deep-sea species being slow-growing and reproducing very little,” Meyer-Kaiser says. “But this is a unique species because it grows quickly, produces a lot of young, and settles on anthropogenic surfaces. It’s an opportunist.”
Photo by Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser and Kharis Schrage
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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