PELAGIC FAUNA 



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Globe-fish (Diodon) caught 

 off New Guinea. It blows 

 itself up by swallowing air 

 and water, and the spines stick 

 out on all sides. 



A paper nautilus (Argonau- 

 ta), a remarkable pelagic 

 octopus, which has attached 

 itself to a jellyfish (Crambi- 

 onella) . 



magnificent red and violet colours (Fig. p. 70). These worms are very 

 fragile, but with care I succeeded in preserving them intact. The species 

 was previously known from Timor in the Malay Archipelago and from 

 the Bonin Islands south-east of Japan. 



