Beautiful stalked glass sponge from the subfamily Bolosominae (see the stalked glass sponge of the subfamily Bolosominae that was seen and collected during Dive 2 at Whiting Bank). The specimen was subsampled during the Illuminating Biodiversity in Deep Waters of Puerto Rico 2022 expedition for genetic characterization and will be sent to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History where it can be further studied for taxonomic and systematics research.
Glass Sponge
Image courtesy of Illuminating Biodiversity in Deep Waters of Puerto Rico 2022.
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Beautiful stalked glass sponge from the subfamily Bolosominae (see the stalked glass sponge of the subfamily Bolosominae that was seen and collected during Dive 2 at Whiting Bank). The specimen was subsampled during the Illuminating Biodiversity in Deep Waters of Puerto Rico 2022 expedition for genetic characterization and will be sent to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History where it can be further studied for taxonomic and systematics research.