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Mountains in the Sea Expedition. Phenomenal line-up of organisms representing the great diversity on Balanus Seamount - a strange spoon worm, an elegant sea pen, a stalked crinoid, and two xenophyophores (large one-celled organisms) with brittle stars.

Image ID: expl0011, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect
Location: New England Seamount Chain
Photo Date: 2004 May
Photographer: Mountains in the Sea Research Team and IFE
Credit: Mountains in the Sea 2004. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. Les Watling, Chief Scientist, University of Maine

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