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A large bamboo whip coral

Description

A large bamboo whip coral. Numerous pointed glass spnges are seengrowing upward from the seafloor. This is the only area that the oceanexploration team has seen these pointed sponges.

Credit

NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana

Display Date

20150815T203231Z

Location

Hawaii, North Pioneer Ridge

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
2015 Hohonu Moana