Not to be outdone by the piglet squid, here’s one that’s maybe even better: the red paper lantern medusa.
Depending on who’s doing the talking, she’s also known as the aka-chochin kurage or the Pandea rubra. And the other wonders of the sea apparently love her enough that they’ll sublease her. There’s a video of all this wonderment at Pink Tentacle.
Pictured below is a combed jellyfish that is among the treasure trove of previously unknown marine species that scientists researching Australian coral reefs reported as having observed last week. I am fascinated.
New York Daily News has a cool, if not wholly comprehensive, photo gallery.