The #BlueButton, (Porpita porpita). It’s not a #jellyfish, but rather a colony of cooperating #hydroids.

Shot using #scuba, while drifting in the open ocean at night.

And yes, the lick test says it’s only mildly spicy.

#bluebuttonjellyfish #porpitaporpita #blackwaterdiving

The tube-shaped #hydroid from the class Candelabridae was followed by a “#seadandelion” #siphonophore. #Hydroids are small predators and known for their ability to survive the extreme habitats of vent sites Watch the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD1W...

A perfectly round, disc-shaped translucent object, about a centimetre across, lying on beach sand. There are intricate radial and circumferential structures, and the surface has a tightly sinusoidal appearance. It's the skeleton of a marine colony organism, the blue button (Porpita porpita).

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The skeleton of a blue button (Porpita porpita), beautiful both alive and dead

#photography #macrophotography #porpita #hydroids #cnidarians #skeleton #marine #beach #EastCoastKin