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Gymnosome pteropod (pelagic snail) with feeding tentacles deployed during the Exploring Pelagic Biodiversity of the Gulf of Alaska and the Impact of Its Seamounts expedition.
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Image courtesy of Allen Collins, NOAA Fisheries National Systematic Laboratory and Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.