Stinging hydroid

October 19, 2015
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An expedition to the Philippines revealed more than 100 marine species new to science.

Over the course of seven weeks, the team – from the California Academy of Science – collected specimens including sea slugs, barnacles, and heart urchins. This image shows stinging hydroids – Aglaophenia cupressina – that belongs to the marine hydroid family Aglaopheniidae.

Credit: Gary Williams/California Academy of Sciences

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