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Title: Female Argonaut, Philippines
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A female argonaut octopus (paper nautilus: Argonauta hians), with the spiral shell she uses to lay her eggs inside, attached to a salp chain. Photographed in open water at night. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.
- Anilao
- argonaut octopus: paper nautilus: Argonauta hians
- Balayan Bay
- Batangas
- Batangas marine protected area
- blackwater
- female
- Luzon
- pelagic
- Philippines
- plankton
- Salpidae
- Tropical West Pacific Ocean
- Verde Island Passages
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