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Blue button jellies (Porpita porpita) float on the ocean's surface. They can be as large as the palm of your hand and are generally found far out to sea. But they do occasionally wash in shore. I found these on the beach in southern Texas! #marinebiology #marinescience #oceanscience #oceanlife #jellyfish #rainbow #nature #science #macrodiving #macrophotography #blackwaterphotography #corpuschristi #padreisland #padreislandnationalseashore #galveston #texas | Open Ocean Exploration
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#SundayMood with the mesmerising Porpita porpita also known as blue button or sea button. 🤔Did you know? Despite its appearance, Porpita porpita is not a single organism but rather a colony of hydrozoan polyps. Each button consists of numerous individual polyps living together in a symbiotic relationship. 🎥 snorkeldownuder 🌊 https://www.ioc.unesco.org/en | UNESCO Ocean
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