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Are these balls a type of xenophyophores or something else? What benefit do they gain from congregating together

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Are these balls a type of xenophyophores or something else? What benefit do they gain from congregating together. How do they find each other?

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NOAA/OAR/OER, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas, Leg 1.

Display Date

20160504T020815Z

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Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Modern Expeditions

2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Mariana