A pancake urchin (Hygrosoma sp.) moves across some discarded human debris.
Pancake Urchin
Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Exploring Atlantic Canyons and Seamounts 2014. Download larger version (jpg, 1.6 MB).

A pancake urchin (Hygrosoma sp.) moves across some discarded human debris. McMaster Canyon had the most evidence of anthropogenic impact that had yet been seen on the Our Deepwater Backyard: Exploring Atlantic Canyons and Seamounts 2014 expedition.

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