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April 22, 2021: Jellyfish
This trachymedusae was imaged swimming just above the seafloor along the west wall of Mona Canyon during the Océano Profundo 2015: Exploring Puerto Rico’s Seamounts, Trenches, and Troughs expedition. Fauna during the dive included a diversity of sponges, arrow worms, sea pens, black corals, a bamboo coral, a ctenophore, anemones, a large variety and number of sea cucumbers, a halosaur, crinoids, several large grenadiers, a lizardfish, urchins, sea stars, and shrimp. Watch a video of highlights from the dive for more.
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Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Exploring Puerto Rico’s Seamounts, Trenches, and Troughs.