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Yellow goiter sponge (Heterochone calyx) surrounded by white-branched sponges(Asbestopluma sp

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Description

Yellow goiter sponge (Heterochone calyx) surrounded by white-branched sponges(Asbestopluma sp.) at 1311 meters water 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