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Description
A beautiful branching almost glasslike colonial animal (bryozoan? coral?)above a goiter sponge that has an odd appearing crab-like crustaceancrawling on it. Small translucent octorals or zoanthids are seen on the deadsponge to the left above the goiter sponge.
Credit
NOAA OKEANOS Explorer Program , 2013 Northeast U. S. Canyons Expedition
Display Date
20130804T192846Z
Location
Mytilus Seamount, north side, 3271-2750m
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
2013 Northeast U. S. Canyons Expedition