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Genus IbacusObserver
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Largest Phylosoma I’ve seen in our waters here in the Balayan bay.
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Diamondback Squid (Thysanoteuthis rhombus)Observer
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Blackwater diving in the gulf stream
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Parasitic Hyperiid Amphipod (Phronima sedentaria)Observer
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Phronima with eggs. Shot over 1000-1200 feet of water at aprx 120 feet
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Something...Observer
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Larval flatfish and siphonophore.
Shot while drifting in 1000-1200 feet of water at aprx 145 feet of depth.
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Sea Stars (Class Asteroidea)Observer
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I photographed this larval starfish at aprx 100 feet while drifting in 1000-1200 feet of water
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Purple-striped Sea Nettle (Chrysaora colorata)Observer
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Open ocean diving off the coast of Southern California nearest to the oil platform Eureka.
We’re diving the escarpment slope over aprx. 1000-1200 feet.
Subject observed at aprx 90 feet.
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Brown Argonaut (Argonauta hians)Observer
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Rafting on a salp
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Cauliflower Jelly (Cephea cephea)Observer
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Large Cephea cephea
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Arm Squids (Family Brachioteuthidae)Observer
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Enope squid beginning to appear in shallow waters
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Octopuses (Order Octopoda)Observer
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ID needed .
Never seen this before
