colonial salp chain, with tiny cephalopod sheltering inside - probably a male or immature female argonaut or paper nautilus, Kona Hawaii, USA

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colonial salp chain, with tiny (about 1cm) cephalopod sheltering inside one of the blastozooids - probably a male or immature female argonaut or paper nautilus, Argonauta sp., drifting in surface waters of deep open ocean at night, Kona, Hawaii ( the Big Island ), USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )

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Size: 8256px × 5504px
Location: offshore Kona, Hawaii, USA
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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