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Histocidaris variabilis NOAA
Histocidaris variabilis NOAA
Description Histocidaris variabilis observed in deep waters off to Hawaii by NOAA Okeanos Explorer mission (Hohonu Moana Okeanos Explorer Expedition).
Note that the white "galls" on the spines are symbiotic barnacles. Author NOAA Okeanos Explorer JPG file - 52.04 kB - 600 x 340 pixelsmore
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Original Width: 600 pixels
Original Height: 340 pixels
 added on 2018-07-04271 viewsDeep-Sea taxaDigital photo, entire species Histocidaris variabilis (A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907)checked Kroh, Andreas 2018-07-23 Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License
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