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English: Diverse members of the ocean surface ecosystem
(a) Blue button Porpita sp. viewed from above, (b) by-the-wind sailor Velella sp. viewed from above, (c) Portuguese man-o-war Physalia sp. viewed from the side, with the float above the surface, (d) the floating anemone Actinecta sp. viewed from the side, with the aboral float at the surface, (e) buoy barnacle Dosima fascicularis viewed from the side, with aboral white float at the water’s surface, (f) a young flying fish (family Exocoetidae) viewed from below, reflected in the surface above, (g) violet snail Janthina sp. viewed from the side, with a large bubble raft made from snail mucus emerging from the water, (h) blue sea dragons Glaucus sp. viewed from above with dark blue ventral surfaces, (i) the snail Recluzia sp. viewed from the side oral end, (j) paper nautilus Aurgonaut sp. viewed from the side and reflecting off the water’s surface, (k) a shrimp in the family Hippolytidae, clinging to a discarded Janthina bubble raft, (l) seaweed Sargassum sp. with a small sargassum crab Portunus sayi.
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