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pl23_expn6481.jpg

Large anemone attached to stalk of sponge seemingly defying gravitywith extremely long tentacles

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Description

Large anemone attached to stalk of sponge seemingly defying gravitywith extremely long tentacles. Actually not an anemone - Relicanthusdaphneae.

Credit

NOAA/OAR/OER, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas, Leg 1.

Display Date

20160503T225048Z

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Modern Expeditions

2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Mariana