Okeanos_Explorer_on_Horizon_Guyot.webm
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| Description | While exploring Horizon Guyot, a seamount located north of Johnston Atoll, scientists observed a seafloor community dominated by several species of hexactinellid – or glass – sponges. Glass sponges have skeletons made of silica, which is the same material used to make glass; however, glass sponges are not glass, per se. |
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| Source | https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1706/dailyupdates/media/video/dive2-sponge/sponge.html |
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