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NOAA Photo Library Image - expl2853

Closeup of goiter sponge (Heterochone calyx). Goiter sponges can exceed one meter in diameter.

Image ID: expl2853, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect
Location: California, Channel Islands, Santa Cruz Is. area
Photo Date: 2011 April 22
Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program

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