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Census of Marine Life

Chelophyes appendiculata

Caption: Zooplankton species captured during the latest Atlantic expedition of the Census of Marine Life (aboard NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown). Chelophyes appendiculata, is propelled by two swimming "bells". The body sits retracted mid-colony.

Credit: Russ Hopcroft, University of Alaska Fairbanks, NOAA, Census of Marine Life, 2006

Usage Restrictions: Credit: Russ Hopcroft, University of Alaska Fairbanks, NOAA, Census of Marine Life, 2006

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