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'Common Mola Basking at Surface' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Common Mola Basking at Surface

Ocean Sunfish

3 August 2022

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Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA

Common Mola

Mola mola
iNaturalist Observation
MARKED RESEARCH GRADE
More Observations from Expedition Gloucester

Surveys of marine life and pelagic birds taken aboard New England whale watch boats (2021 to 2024)

22 Observations
9 Identified Species
Sei Whale
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Humpback Exhales While Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
Seal Side-Eye
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Humpback Spray & Gulls
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Humpback Calf Breaches Repeatedly with Mother for Over Forty Minutes
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
Northern Gannet in Gloucester Harbor
Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (October 2023)
More from Biodiversity Life in the Coastal Seas

The eruption of species where the water meets land.

24 Observations
10 Identified Species
The Humpback & The Gull
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Foraging Sea Grass in Turbulent Cove
Paros, Greece (August 2017)
Sei Whale
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Humpback Calf Breaches Repeatedly with Mother for Over Forty Minutes
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
Seal Side-Eye
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Basking Shark
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
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