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This tiny and very dangerous Portugese Man-O-War jellyfish measures onlyan inch across

Description

This tiny and very dangerous Portugese Man-O-War jellyfish measures onlyan inch across. It was collected using a dip net over the rail of the R/VSeward Johnson during one evenings night-lighting samplings.

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