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Jellyfish may be the most common ocean animal, but are hard to catch in nets.
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Ctenophore or comb jellyfish feeding.
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Ctenophore off New England with long ciliated tentacles.
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Lobate ctenophores are translucent and give off a bioluminescent glow.Bolinopsis infundibulum.
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Physonect siphonophores are actually colonies of specialized polyps.
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Siphonophores are floating cousins to hydroids common on rocks and piers.
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Physonect siphonophores are chains of polyps with different functions.Nanomia cara.
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Close-up of the tail end of a squid, important prey for commercial fish.
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Jellyfish floating under Arctic ice.
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A cirrate octopus floats like a bell in mid-water, feeding on plankton.
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Jellyfish and their plankton prey concentrate along invisible water boundaries.
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Physonect siphonophore is actually a chain of colonial hydroids.
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Jellyfish come in many forms, many too fragile to capture in nets.
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Some jellyfish pulsate to propel themselves through the water.
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Cyanea jellyfish are common on the New England coast in summer.
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