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Beautiful Purple Deep Sea Hydromedusa

Team members in the control room aboard E/V Nautilus ooh and ahh over an especially beautiful purple hydromedusa while diving on the Central Sculpin Ridge Seamount, about 135 nm ENE of Johnston Atoll, during our NA153 expedition. These Cnidarians possess a clear velum layer in their medusa form, which has been known to increase swimming efficiency.