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A strange life form? larvacean house? what is this? Identified as a phaeodarianradiolarian, a type of single-celled protistan that feeds on marine snow.Identified by Steven Haddock, a deep-sea biologist at the Monterey Bay AquariumResearch Institute. (Image credit: NOAA OKEANOS EXPLORER Program; Our Deepwater Backyard)