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Description
This deep sea scallop shell was retrieved by the Johnson-Sea-Link II submersible during a dive at an area off the South Carolina coast called The Steeples. Even though the scallop within the shell has died, the shell itself provides ahome for bryozoans, tunicates, serpulids, and algae which grow upon it.
Credit
Islands in the Stream Expedition 2002. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration
Photographer
Bruce Moravchik
Location
South Atlantic Bight, Southeast United States
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Atlantic Shelf and Slope
NOAA Affiliation
NOAA
Keywords
Ocean Exploration
Invertebrates