Red-spotted siphonophore
Agalma okenii
- Not on exhibit
- Animal type
- Invertebrates
- Ecosystem
- Deep sea
- Relatives
- Other siphonophores
- Diet
- Large zooplankton including copepods and other crustaceans
- Range
- Worldwide (except for polar waters) from the surface to 1,300 ft. (400 m)
- Size
- Up to 12 inches (30 cm) in length
Meet the red-spotted siphonophore
By day, this predator reels in its long tentacles and drifts. At night, it travels up near the surface to feed. There, those tentacles unroll and spread out like a dangling spider’s web to catch a meal.
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