@mbari_news: Get a closer look at this colorful deep-sea jellyfish, Paraphyllina sp. 🪼 This crimson jellyfish uses the color red to camouflage itself in the deep sea. Red is the first wavelength of color to be lost as light decreases with depth, so red things essentially disappear in the deep pelagic zone. This enables red jellies to ambush unsuspecting prey or avoid hungry predators. The red pigment may also help to mask any bioluminescent prey that they have eaten. #creatorsearchinsights #DeepSea #DeepOcean #DeepSeaJellyfish #Jellyfish #MarineBiology