Quinn Girasek, NOAA Hollings Scholar with NOAA Ocean Exploration, at her monitors annotating organisms in the water column seen during Dive 20 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition.
Comb Jelly
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During Dive 20 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition, scientists were able to identify this undescribed ctenophore, or comb jelly, as belonging to the order Cydippida. It was seen during the 1,200-meter (3,937-foot) dive transect.