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Obelia (hydromedusa)

Location: 1 km off of the beach at Assateague, VA near the bottom in 10 depths (epibenthic sled)
Date: Summer 2005

Notes: These delicate hydromedusae are usually >1mm in diameter. The medusae of the many species of Obelia are undistinguisable.

Collected and photographed by: Bill Johnson, Goucher College



Submitted by: W. S. Johnson
Goucher College.


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