NOAA Ocean Explorer: Mertensia ovum

the ctenophore Mertensia ovum

Light refracts off the comb-rows of the ctenophore Mertensia ovum producing stripes of rainbow color. One of the two tentacles with which it feeds is deployed while the other is retracted. (Photos by Kevin Raskoff, MBARI.)

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