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A cutthroat eel swims by a recently broken Walteria sp. sponge. The sponge'supper third lies on its side in the lower right with a yellow feather starcrinoid still clinging to what was recently its highest point. A dead Walteriasp. sponge is to the right of the live broken sponge with a crinoid at its topand numerous brittle stars. (Image credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana)