Stinging sea thimble - Stephanoscyphus sp.

Another strange animal colony seen on this same day was a Stephanoscyphus sp, the polyp stage of a sea thimble jellyfish that can deliver a dangerously painful sting. Each polyp was only a few millimeters across.

14 October 2014

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