Purple ctenophore, possibly Lampocteis cruentiventer, imaged at 1,000 meters during today’s water column transects. Not all ctenophores are pelagic – some are benthic, living near the seafloor
Dive 12: Southeast Pearl & Hermes Ridge
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana. Download image (jpg, 1.2 MB).

Purple ctenophore, possibly Lampocteis cruentiventer, imaged at 1,000 meters during today’s water column transects. Not all ctenophores are pelagic – some are benthic, living near the seafloor.

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