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The liver sponge, Plakortis sp., produces a series of important chemicalcompounds that deter predators and have biomedical antimicrobial activity.
Credit
Twilight Zone Expedition Team 2007, NOAA-OE
Display Date
2007 May 23
Location
Caribbean Sea, Cayman Islands
Collection
Coral Kingdom