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May 31, 2021: Box Jelly

This box jelly, with its four characteristic tentacles, was seen pulsating along in the water column during exploration of an unnamed seamount located east of Bank 9 as part of the 2016 Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaiʻi expedition.

Image courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Hohonu Moana 2016. Download larger version (jpg, 508 KB).

This box jelly, with its four characteristic tentacles, was seen pulsating along in the water column during exploration of an unnamed seamount located east of Bank 9 as part of the 2016 Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaiʻi expedition.