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Description
Are these balls a type of xenophyophores or something else? What benefit do they gain from congregating together. How do they find each other?
Credit
NOAA/OAR/OER, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas, Leg 1.
Display Date
20160504T020815Z
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Mariana