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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.

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Exploring Puerto Rico’s Seamounts, Trenches, and Troughs. Download larger version (jpg, 1.6 MB).

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.