These are deep sea glass sponges retrieved at 1400 feet. Glass sponges aretypically very fragile and rarely hold their shape when transported to thesurface.
4/8/2019 12:05:52 PM
Photographer: Bruce Moravchik
Affiliation: NOAA
Credit: Islands in the Stream Expedition 2002. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration
Location: South Atlantic Bight, Southeast United States
Subject: Ocean exploration
Subject: Invertebrates