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![A beautiful branching almost glasslike colonial animal (bryozoan? coral?)above a goiter sponge that has an odd appearing crab-like crustaceancrawling on it expn0269.jpg A beautiful branching almost glasslike colonial animal (bryozoan? coral?)above a goiter sponge that has an odd appearing crab-like crustaceancrawling on it](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_expn0269.jpg?itok=3IDhcMAv)
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A beautiful branching almost glasslike colonial animal (bryozoan? coral?)above a goiter sponge that has an odd appearing crab-like crustaceancrawling on it. Small translucent octorals or zoanthids are seen on the deadsponge to the left above the goiter sponge. (Image credit: NOAA OKEANOS Explorer Program , 2013 Northeast U. S. Canyons Expedition)