Giant Siphonophore (VIDEO)

Schmidt Ocean Institute

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Check out this beautiful giant siphonophore Apolemia recorded on #NingalooCanyons expedition. It seems likely that this specimen is the largest ever recorded, and in strange UFO-like feeding posture.

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Schmidt Ocean Institute

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