This close-up could almost pass for a flower in your garden, but appears to be a sponge - probably a 'carnivorous sponge' of the cladorhizids. Image captured by the ROV camera around 1000m depth.
Dive 7: Carnivorous Sponge
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010. Download larger version (jpg, 2.2 MB).
This close-up could almost pass for a flower in your garden, but appears to be a sponge - probably a 'carnivorous sponge' of the cladorhizids. Image captured by the ROV camera around 1000m depth.
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