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August 12, 2021: Glass Sponge

This interestingly shaped glass sponge was spotted during a Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration dive to explore a site east of the Stetson-Miami Terrace Deepwater Coral Habitat Area of Particular Concern and to the west of the Million Mounds area, off the Atlantic coast of Florida.

Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration. Download larger version (jpg, 657 KB).

This interestingly shaped glass sponge was spotted during a Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration dive to explore a site east of the Stetson-Miami Terrace Deepwater Coral Habitat Area of Particular Concern and to the west of the Million Mounds area, off the Atlantic coast of Florida. Many interesting sponges were seen throughout this expedition, as discussed in this mission log, “Not Your Average Sponges.”