2. Invertebrates

Pelagic invertebrates and Jellyfish

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lobate ctenophore or comb jelly, Leucothea pulchra, drifting in open ocean at night, the colors are not produced by this invertebrate as in bioluminescence but are actually ambient light that is being scattered or diffracted from the eight rows of locomotory comb plates running the length of the creature.<br /> open ocean, Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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lobate ctenophore or comb jelly, Leucothea pulchra, drifting in open ocean at night, the colors are not produced by this invertebrate as in bioluminescence but are actually ambient light that is being scattered or diffracted from the eight rows of locomotory comb plates running the length of the creature.
open ocean, Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )

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  • portions of siphonophore colonies, <br /> open ocean Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )
  • pyrosome, Pyrosoma sp., a colonial tunicate,<br /> open ocean Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )
  • Crown jellyfish, Netrostoma setouchina, Shark Reef, Beqa Passage, Fiji, South Pacific Ocean
  • Small commensal fish takes refuge in crown jellyfish, Netrostoma setouchina, Shark Reef, Beqa Passage, Fiji, South Pacific Ocean
  • lobate ctenophore or comb jelly drifting in open ocean at night, the eight rows of locomotory comb plates running the length of the creature scatter or diffract the ambient light causing the characteristic pulsing rainbow effect,<br /> open ocean, Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )
  • in this profile of one of the eight comb rows, actually tufts of cilia, you can see the undulating motion that not only moves the creature through the water, but also causes the pulsing rainbow effect that makes these invertebrates so amazing to behold.
  • Crown jellyfish, Netrostoma setouchina, Shark Reef, Beqa Passage, Fiji, South Pacific Ocean
  • Lobate ctenophore or comb jelly drifting in open ocean at night, the eight rows of locomotory comb plates that give this creature its name can easily be seen. The following photograph shows this in detail. Open ocean, Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )
  • lobate ctenophore or comb jelly, Leucothea pulchra, drifting in open ocean at night, the colors are not produced by this invertebrate as in bioluminescence but are actually ambient light that is being scattered or diffracted from the eight rows of locomotory comb plates running the length of the creature.<br /> open ocean, Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )
  • thecosome pteropod or sea butterfly, Corolla spectabilis, is a pelagic gastropod related to slugs and snails, with a foot that is modified into a pair of locomotory wings, open ocean, Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )
  • pyrosome, Pyrosoma sp., a colonial tunicate,<br /> open ocean Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )
  • thecosome pteropod or sea butterfly, Corolla spectabilis, is a pelagic gastropod related to slugs and snails, with a foot that is modified into a pair of locomotory wings, open ocean, Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )
  • lobate ctenophore or comb jelly, drifting in open ocean at night, Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )
  • unidentified cephalopod hitches a ride on salp chain, open ocean at night, Hawaii ( Central Pacific )
  • unidentified shrimp hitches a ride on purple jellyfish, Pelagia noctiluca, open ocean at night, Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )
  • unidentified larval fish and amphipods living symbiotically in salp chain, open ocean at night, Hawaii ( Central Pacific )
  • salp chain, open ocean at night, Hawaii ( Central Pacific )
  • Pterotrachea hippocampus, a pelagic heteropod, Open ocean, Hawaii
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