Kevin A. Raskoff

Orchistoma pileus, 2001

Close-up photograph; color transparency film; electronic flash

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California, United States

The photograph of this hydromedusa of the order Leptomedusae, was taken while blue-water diving far off the coast of Massachusetts. The expedition was part of a research project that catalogued gelatinous animals found in open ocean. The specimen measured approximately 5 cm in diameter.