Sponge community - Mytilus Seamount

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Description: English: Sponges are abundant and diverse at Mytilus Seamount. Notice this large “witch’s hat” sponge provides structure for numerous hexactinellid or glass sponges as well as some orange brittle stars. Date: 2013. Source: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1304/logs/photolog/. Author: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric AdministrationImage courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition 2013.