Gymnosome pteropod (pelagic snail) with feeding tentacles deployed during the Exploring Pelagic Biodiversity of the Gulf of Alaska and the Impact of Its Seamounts expedition.
Pteropod
Image courtesy of Allen Collins, NOAA Fisheries National Systematic Laboratory and Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
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Gymnosome pteropod (pelagic snail) with feeding tentacles deployed during the Exploring Pelagic Biodiversity of the Gulf of Alaska and the Impact of Its Seamounts expedition.