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Description
Porpita porpita has a small disc like body and floats freely in the water column. Related to other species of jellyfish, this species measures just one inch indiameter. (Image credit: Islands in the Stream Expedition 2002. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration | Bruce Moravchik)
Credit
Islands in the Stream Expedition 2002. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration
Photographer
Bruce Moravchik
Location
South Atlantic Bight, Southeast United States
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Atlantic Shelf and Slope
NOAA Affiliation
NOAA
Keywords
Ocean Exploration
Invertebrates
Zooplankton