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Genus CallianiraObserver
dougperrineDescription
cydippid ctenophore or comb jelly, aka sea gooseberry, a translucent gelatinous organism with colors produced by the diffraction of light through cilia (fine hair-like structures) on the comb rows; photographed at night in surface waters of deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Gastropods (Class Gastropoda)Observer
dougperrineDescription
veliger larva of marine gastropod snail, with four long velar lobes extending out from a tiny protoconch, photographed at night in surface waters of the deep open ocean, Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Combtooth Blennies (Family Blenniidae)Observer
dougperrineDescription
in surface waters of deep open ocean at night, Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Decapods (Order Decapoda)Observer
dougperrineDescription
pelagic shrimp riding on a colonial radiolarian, probably Collozoum sp,, in surface waters of deep open ocean at night, Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Phylum RadiozoaObserver
dougperrineDescription
in surface waters of deep open ocean at night, Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Salps (Family Salpidae)Observer
dougperrineDescription
a tiny pink amphipod clings to the surface of a colonial salp ( gelatinous planktonic tunicate ) chain, photographed at night in surface waters of deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Family BolinopsidaeObserver
dougperrineDescription
lobate ctenophore or comb jelly, Bolinopsis vitrea, a translucent gelatinous organism with colors produced by the diffraction of light through cilia (fine hair-like structures) on the comb rows; photographed at night in surface waters of deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
Observer
dougperrineDescription
lobate ctenophore or comb jelly, Bolinopsis vitrea, a translucent gelatinous organism with colors produced by the diffraction of light through cilia (fine hair-like structures) on the comb rows; photographed at night in surface waters of deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Decapods (Order Decapoda)Observer
dougperrineDescription
in surface waters of deep open ocean at night, Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Scaleworms (Family Polynoidae)Observer
dougperrineDescription
in surface waters of deep open ocean at night, Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Siphonophores (Order Siphonophorae)Observer
dougperrineDescription
a physonect siphonophore ( colonial hydrozoan ), probably Halistemma sp., in surface waters of deep open ocean at night, Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Siphonophores (Order Siphonophorae)Observer
dougperrineDescription
a physonect siphonophore ( colonial hydrozoan ), probably Halistemma sp., in surface waters of deep open ocean at night, Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Cyclosalpa affinisObserver
dougperrineDescription
salp ( gelatinous planktonic tunicate ) photographed at night in surface waters of deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Siphonophores (Order Siphonophorae)Observer
dougperrineDescription
planktonic siphonophore, photographed at night in surface waters of deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Salps (Order Salpida)Observer
dougperrineDescription
in surface waters of deep open ocean at night, Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Genus ForskaliaObserver
dougperrineDescription
planktonic siphonophore, photographed at night in surface waters of deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Malacostracans (Class Malacostraca)Observer
dougperrineDescription
planktonic larval mantis shrimp or stomatopod, photographed at night in surface waters of deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Mantis Shrimps (Order Stomatopoda)Observer
dougperrineDescription
planktonic larval mantis shrimp or stomatopod, photographed at night in surface waters of deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Indo-Pacific Violet Blanket Octopus (Tremoctopus gracilis)Observer
dougperrineDescription
paralarval octopod, photographed at night in the surface waters of the open ocean off the Kona coast of Hawaii Island ( the Big Island), Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean
Observer
dougperrineDescription
lobate ctenophore or comb jelly, a translucent gelatinous organism with colors produced by the diffraction of light through cilia (fine hair-like structures) on the comb rows; photographed at night in surface waters of deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Genus AthorybiaObserver
dougperrineDescription
planktonic siphonophore, photographed at night in surface waters of deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Mantis Shrimps (Order Stomatopoda)Observer
dougperrineDescription
planktonic larval mantis shrimp or stomatopod, photographed at night in surface waters of deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Bolinopsis vitreaObserver
dougperrineDescription
lobate ctenophore or comb jelly, a translucent gelatinous organism with colors produced by the diffraction of light through cilia (fine hair-like structures) on the comb rows; with polychaete worm inside, photographed at night in surface waters of deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Cephalopods (Class Cephalopoda)Observer
dougperrineDescription
a tiny cephalopod rides on a colonial salp ( gelatinous planktonic tunicate ) photographed at night in surface waters of deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )
Observer
dougperrineDescription
arrow worm, or chaetognath, cannibalizing another member of its species, in surface waters of deep open ocean at night, Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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Gossamer Worms (Genus Tomopteris)Observer
dougperrineDescription
in surface waters of deep open ocean at night, Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )