We saw this jellyfish on Dive 02 of the 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration expedition. Its red stomach provides protection from predators by hiding the bioluminescence given off by undigested prey.
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Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition 2013. Download larger version (jpg, 1.3 MB).
We saw this jellyfish on Dive 02 of the 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration expedition. Its red stomach provides protection from predators by hiding the bioluminescence given off by undigested prey.
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