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pl23_expl2883.jpg

A mound with many life forms including a large scallop at the top, small redcorals some with associated brittle stars, translucent holothurians, alarge orange anemone, and what appears to be a medium-sized sponge ( thewhite mass in left center)

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Description

A mound with many life forms including a large scallop at the top, small redcorals some with associated brittle stars, translucent holothurians, alarge orange anemone, and what appears to be a medium-sized sponge ( thewhite mass in left center).

Credit

NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program

Display Date

2011 April 25

Location

California, Channel Islands, Santa Cruz Is. area

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space