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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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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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Close up of holotype UPSZTY 167252, preserved in ethanol
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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
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Original photos of holotype and spicules (from De Voogd & Van Soest, 2007).
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ZMA specimens from Oman.
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Holotype USNM 33631, A: shape of holotype specimen (scale bar = 1 cm), B: cross section of skeleton C detail of head of long thin style, D: details of short thin style, E: three- and four-claded polyactines, E1 detail of spined basal clade of polyactine, F: raphide, F1 detail of raphide showing spination.