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Walteria leuckarti sponge with odd tubular structures. Perhaps healing woundsfrom stinging cells of ctenophore or siphonophore. What are the curly-cuestringers coming out of these tubes. A pink brittle star is making this spongehome.
Credit
NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana
Display Date
20150920T231546Z
Location
Hutchinson Seamount area, Southernmost Cone
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
2015 Hohonu Moana