Merry
Contributor
It reminds me of specials at the supermarket. An ever-rotating bounty of gelatinous invertebrates have been greeting us on nearly every dive. We may only discern half-a-dozen species each time, but even smaller animals appear as blurry photo by-catch.
At the barge a couple of weeks ago, a thick river of salps and small siphonophores passed us on the anchor line. Same spot the past 2 days, comb jellies and medusas prevailed. Still have long, stringy schmutz mucking up the vis.
Sea Gooseberry, Pleurobrachia bachei
The predatory Beroe gracillis, sometimes referred to as a swimming mouth. These macaroni-size were abundant and many sported crustacean hitchhikers.
Could anyone ID this comb jelly, ~1/2 inch.
Another dime-size beauty.
Annatiara affinis, (I think), also dime-size.
Mitrocoma cellularia, ~ 1 inch
At the barge a couple of weeks ago, a thick river of salps and small siphonophores passed us on the anchor line. Same spot the past 2 days, comb jellies and medusas prevailed. Still have long, stringy schmutz mucking up the vis.
Sea Gooseberry, Pleurobrachia bachei
The predatory Beroe gracillis, sometimes referred to as a swimming mouth. These macaroni-size were abundant and many sported crustacean hitchhikers.
Could anyone ID this comb jelly, ~1/2 inch.
Another dime-size beauty.
Annatiara affinis, (I think), also dime-size.
Mitrocoma cellularia, ~ 1 inch
and I have seen them in person.
