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Description
A purple pancake urchin with white tube feet attracted to plastic marine debris. Perhaps some organic material still was present near or in the plastic. (Image credit: NOAA OKEANOS EXPLORER Program; Our Deepwater Backyard)
Credit
NOAA OKEANOS EXPLORER Program; Our Deepwater Backyard
Display Date
20140921T132611Z
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collections
Modern Expeditions
Our Deepwater Backyard 2014