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pl23_expn7259.jpg

Looks like a very sick starfish but is a white branching demosponge

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Description

Looks like a very sick starfish but is a white branching demosponge.

Credit

NOAA/OAR/OER, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas, Leg 3.

Display Date

20160625T034043Z

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Modern Expeditions

2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Mariana