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Walteria leuckarti sponge with odd tubular structures. Perhaps healing woundsfrom stinging cells of ctenophore or siphonophore. What are the curly-cuestringers coming out of these tubes. A pink brittle star is making this spongehome. (Image credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana)