(Image credit: Photo by L. Madin, NOAA, Census of Marine Life, 2006)
Census of Marine Life scientists trawled rarely explored tropical ocean depths between the southeast U.S. coast and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, revealing a newfound variety of zooplankton and other small creatures. Shown above is an Athorybia (siphonophore - colonial jelly).
Gelatinous Zooplankton
(Image credit: Photo by L. Madin, NOAA, Census of Marine Life, 2006)
Rosacea (siphonophore - colonial jelly).
Gelatinous Zooplankton
(Image credit: Photo by L. Madin, NOAA, Census of Marine Life, 2006)
Thalassocalyce (ctenophone - comb jelly).
Gelatinous Zooplankton
(Image credit: Photo by L. Madin, NOAA, Census of Marine Life, 2006)
Dolioletta (pelagic tunicate - adult with young).
Gelatinous Zooplankton
(Image credit: Photo by L. Madin, NOAA, Census of Marine Life, 2006)
Pyrosoma with radiolarian (pelagic tunicate).
Pelagic Molluscs
(Image credit: Photo by L. Madin, NOAA, Census of Marine Life, 2006)
Histioteuthis sp. (squid).
Pelagic Molluscs
(Image credit: Photo Credit: Russ Hopcroft, University of Alaska Fairbanks, NOAA, Census of Marine Life, 2006)
Baby Octopus.
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Pelagic Molluscs
(Image credit: Photo Credit: Russ Hopcroft, University of Alaska Fairbanks, NOAA, Census of Marine Life, 2006)
Atlanta peroni (pteropod).
Pelagic Molluscs
(Image credit: Photo Credit: Russ Hopcroft, University of Alaska Fairbanks, NOAA, Census of Marine Life, 2006)
Cuvierina columnella, wings out (pteropod).
Pelagic Molluscs
(Image credit: Photo by L. Madin, NOAA, Census of Marine Life, 2006)
Cardiapoda (heteropod mollusc).
Crustacea
(Image credit: Photo Credit: Russ Hopcroft, University of Alaska Fairbanks, NOAA, Census of Marine Life, 2006)
