planktonic salp with commensal crustacean, photographed at night in surface waters of deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )
On Leucothea ctenophore, many comb jellies had one. Terrible pictures sadly.
~1.5cm long
Got some slightly better pics than yesterday. Sitting on Leucothea.
~1.5cm long
A really big one swimming in the plankton. It has cool red spots on its nose.
~3.5cm long
Starting to gets lots washing in with the southerly. Hasn't been any for quite a while until the last couple weeks.