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Krill have legs on their thorax (main body segment) called throacopods that act as a 'feeding basket' to hold phytoplankton while they feed. This image shows these krill parts magnified 10 times their normal size. Aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer.

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Photo by Maia Theophanis, Courtesy of Cara Pekarcik (PolarTREC 2016), Courtesy of ARCUS
Photographer: Maia Theophanis
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Year: 
2016
Program: 
PolarTREC
Region: 
Southern Ocean
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50mm
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5956603
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Canon
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Canon EOS 60D
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