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Agryrometra mortenseni

Credit: Rob Stewart NIWA/ Ocean Survey 20/20 Bay of Islands Coastal Biodiversity, Sediment and Seabed Habitat Project
A specimen of Agryrometra mortenseni collected at 150 meters off the Bay of Islands in 2009. The specimen is about 6 centimetres across.