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A remarkable goiter sponge (Heterochone calyx) and a large, but smallerwhite vase sponge

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Description

A remarkable goiter sponge (Heterochone calyx) and a large, but smallerwhite vase sponge. Goiter sponges can exceed one meter in diameter.

Credit

NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program

Display Date

2011 April 22

Location

California, Channel Islands, Santa Cruz Is. area

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space