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Description
These idividuals, height 50 cm, depth 16 m, were characteristically clustered in a large group. The species feeds on small zooplankton which they entrap with nematocyst stinging cells on their frilly tentacles. Reproduction is sexual with external fertilization.
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Metridium giganteum
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Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Location Created: Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)
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- 2011-08-04 13:59:02 UTC
