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Occurrence of Pyrosoma on the Sea-Floor 160 Metres Deep

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Pyrosoma species are commonly encountered as surface or midwater planktonic organisms. Among photographs taken of the sea-floor of Cook Strait, New Zealand, two exposures show what are undoubtedly tunicates, almost certainly Pyrosoma atlanticum atlanticum Peron, resting on or swimming just above the bottom at a depth of 160–170 m.

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  1. Thompson, Harold, “Pelagic Tunicates of Australia” (Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Australia, Melbourne, 1948).

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HURLEY, D., McKNIGHT, D. Occurrence of Pyrosoma on the Sea-Floor 160 Metres Deep. Nature 183, 554–555 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183554a0

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