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pl23_expn1369.jpg

A large globular pencil urchin at a cold seep site with lamellibrachian tubeworms and white bacterial material

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Description

A large globular pencil urchin at a cold seep site with lamellibrachian tubeworms and white bacterial material. A smaller species of tube worm can be seenin much of the image with feeding tentacles extended.

Credit

Lophelia II

Display Date

2008 September 29 1846

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Modern Expeditions

Lophelia II Expeditions