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Euplectella Okeanos

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Summary[edit] Description: English: An hexactinellid "glass" sponge (probably Euplectella) observed in the abyss by the NOAA Okeanos Explorer mission "2017 American Samoa Expedition: Suesuega o le Moana o Amerika Samoa". Seen with symbiotic shrimp, and surrounded by commensal benthic ctenophores and brittlestars. Date: 17 March 2017. Source: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/exstream/exstream.html. Author: NOAA Okeanos Explorer.

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