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Mixed plankton: deep sea squid shell (Spirula sp.) and Blue Sea Stars (Porpita porpita)

Photograph by Peter Parks

Keywords: cnidarians, hydrozoans, hydroida, athecata, capitata, velellidae, blue sea stars, tentacles, gastrozooid, nematocysts, colony, zooxanthellae, marine biology, macroplankton, pleuston, surface drifter, colour morphs, mollusca, molluscs, cephalopoda, siphonophora, surface drifters