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A Living Bay
The Underwater World of Monterey Bay
Lovell Langstroth and Libby Langstroth
Polyorchis penicillatus
Phylum Cnidaria/Class Hydrozoa
Hydromedusa bell about 30 mm tall. Monterey Bay Aquarium.
During the
late 1980s large numbers of these beautiful, pulsating little hydromedusae were
found in the eelgrass beds near Monterey’s Wharf II. What a thrilling sight!
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