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Twilight Zone Expedition Team 2007, NOAA-Ocean Explorer
EOL staff
Barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta)--these sponges may live for 100 years and grow to over 18 meters tallFrom
NOAA-Ocean Explorer website:"The barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta) may live for 100 years and grow to over 6 ft (18.m) tall. While populations have declined at sites throughout the Caribbean, they appear to be quite healthy on Little Cayman Island."
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Figure 3. Anoxycalyx joubini on the gangplank at Hut Point, McMurdo Station.The same gangplank with A. joubini in 2010.Source: Dayton PK, Kim S, Jarrell SC, Oliver JS, Hammerstrom K, et al. (2013) Recruitment, Growth and Mortality of an Antarctic Hexactinellid Sponge, Anoxycalyx joubini. PLoS ONE 8(2): e56939. doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0056939
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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In situ photo of holotype (courtesy N.J. de Voogd)
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Habitus (a) and SEM cross sections (b-d)
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On deck photo of ZMA Por. 09833 made by A.D. Vethaak, SE of Heron Island, 8-3-1980, depth 0-8 m