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Bright orange rosethorn and redbanded rockfish adjacent to the reef-building coral Lophelia pertusa and a giant cup coral.

   

A newfound deep-sea relative of the jellyfish, called an Erenna, flashes glowing red lights on twitching, stinging tentacles to lure fish to their deaths more than a mile below the surface.

 

 

 

 

 

     

(Pic Courtesy: NOAA)

(Pic Courtesy: Casey Dunn)

 

 

 

 

     


 

 

 

 

 

 

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