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Red vermillion crab (Paralomis verrilli) dangling off a yellow picasso sponge(Staurocalyptus sp

Description

Red vermillion crab (Paralomis verrilli) dangling off a yellow picasso sponge(Staurocalyptus sp.); amidst a white ruffle sponge (Farrea sp.); white branchedsponges (Asbestopluma sp.) shrimp; brittle stars; and an isopod at 1360 meterswater depth.

Credit

NOAA/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Display Date

2002 May 18

Location

California, Davidson Seamount

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Life in the Deep Sea
Some Other Deep Sea Bottom Dwellers

Keywords

Ocean Exploration
Invertebrates
Crabs