Huge glass sponge at 2197 metres in the Tasman Fracture Marine Park
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Description
In 2009, the JASON Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) belonging to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution undertook a voyage in the Tasman Fracture Zone off south-east Tasmania. This huge "waffle-cone" glass sponge (species unknown) was photographed at approximately 2197 metres.
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