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Jellies under ice: ROV observations from the Arctic 2005 Hidden Ocean Expedition.

 Raskoff, K.A.^1*, Hopcroft, R.R.², Kosobokova, K.N. ³, Purcell, J.E. ⁴, Youngbluth, M. ⁵

 1 Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, USA. 2 University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, USA. 3 Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Moscow, Russia 4 Western Washington University, Shannon Point Marine Center, Anacortes, USA. 5 Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, USA

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Crossota norvegica 1

Crossota norvegica 2

Figure 2 full color

Figure 2.  Representative gelatinous zooplankton from the Arctic Ocean.  A. “Bathyctenid” cydippid ctenophore; B. Epibenthic cydippid ctenophore; C. cydippid ctenophore, Aulacoctena sp.; D. trachymedusa, Crossota millsae; E and F. “Horned” cydippid ctenophore; F. Close-up view of tentacle and tentilla; G. New Narcomedusae; H. trachymedusa, Crossota norvegica; I. scyphomedusa, Atolla sp. (A. tenella?); J. trachymedusa, Benthocodon hyalinus.  All photographed live.  “I” taken on microscope by R. Hopcroft, all others with 35mm camera system by K. Raskoff.  Images are not to scale.  See http://www.mpcfaculty.net/kevin_raskoff/arctic.htm for color images and additional species.

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