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Astrotoma agassizii

A beautiful scene from 350 m deep on the Ross Sea shelf, sea lilies, sea cucumbers, and the predatory snake star, Astrotoma agassizii (bottom right with the wiggly arms) perched on clumps of bryozoan and primnoid corals. NIWA DTIS Camera, IPY-CAML 2008 Ross Sea voyage.