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Image: LightRefractsOf comb-rows of ctenophore Mertensia ovum

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Description: Light refracts off the comb-rows of the ctenophore Mertensia ovum producing stripes of rainbow color. One of the two tentacles with which it feeds is deployed while the other is retracted.
Title: LightRefractsOf comb-rows of ctenophore Mertensia ovum
Credit: Mertensia on oceanexplorer.noaa.gov
Author: Kevin Raskoff
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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