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Life In The Deep Sea
Deep Sea Bottom Dwellers
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition.Phenomenal line-up of organisms representing the great diversity on BalanusSeamount - a strange spoon worm, an elegant sea pen, a stalked crinoid,and two xenophyophores (large one-celled organisms) with brittle stars.
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition.Beautiful white sponge with purple crinoids on Retriever Seamount.
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Pacific Ring of Fire Expedition.Purple anemone (~6 inches across ~15 cm) on a pumice rock alongthe east crater wall, West Rota volcano. Anemones are suspension feeders, capturing zooplankton with their tentacles.
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Pacific Ring of Fire Expedition. Stalked crinoid (~ 5 inches across, ~13 cm)on the caldera seafloor at West Rota volcano. Crinoids are suspensionfeeders, using their crown, which is covered withsticky pinnules, to capture zooplankton.
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Sponge
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Fly trap anemone.
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Yellow sponge.
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Echinus tylodes. This sea urchin is a common member of the deep coral community. It often occurs sitting on the coral branches or on coral rubble around the mounds.Life on the Edge 2005 Expedition.
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Cidaris sp. A common sea urchin member of the deep coral community, usually referred to as a pencil urchin.Life on the Edge 2005 Expedition.
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Zigzag coral (Madrepora oculata).
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An old lost anchor encrusted with growth.
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A ball of rope sponge (Aplysina sp.).
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Basket star.
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Stony coral Agaricia sp.
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The stunning leafy green algae (Anadyomene lacerata).
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Yellow Picasso sponge (Staurocalyptus sp.)
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Yellow Picasso sponge (Staurocalyptus sp.)
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An unidentified cnidarian that resembles a Venus flytrap from the family Hormathiidae. At 1874 meters water depth.
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An unidentified cnidarian that resembles a Venus flytrap from the family Hormathiidae. At 1874 meters water depth.
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A red flat Spanish dancer sea cucumber (Benthodytes sp.) is hovering at2789 meters water depth.
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