FYI, 1100 metres of water column above you is roughly equivalent to 110 bars of pressure.
It means that every square centimetre of surface area has a force equivalent to 110 kilos resting upon it.
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This siphonophore, Erenna richardi, can be identified by the massive clusters of tentilla (the side branches of the tentacle) at the end of the tail (siphosome).
In Monterey Bay, this species has been observed at average depths of about 1,100 meters (3,600 feet).
https://video.nostr.build/8c4fe598715c178ee88a5054c83242ab47ed9578df9757cdaca059ee44fa3ef7.mp4
These siphonophores are armed with a battery of powerful stinging tentacles and researchers have seen them ensnaring fish just above the seafloor.
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