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A strange life form? larvacean house? what is this? Identified as a phaeodarianradiolarian, a type of single-celled protistan that feeds on marine snow

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A strange life form? larvacean house? what is this? Identified as a phaeodarianradiolarian, a type of single-celled protistan that feeds on marine snow.Identified by Steven Haddock, a deep-sea biologist at the Monterey Bay AquariumResearch Institute.

Credit

NOAA OKEANOS EXPLORER Program; Our Deepwater Backyard

Display Date

20140925T152936Z

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collections

Modern Expeditions

Our Deepwater Backyard 2014