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Keywords: Deep-sea corals and sponges provide habitat and refuge for many other animals living on or near the seafloor. Here, a sponge covered with hundreds to thousands of tiny anemones also provides a home to several brittlestars (pink), crinoids or “sea lilies” (yellow), and a basket star (brown). worldheritagesite noaa okeanos leg2 northwesternhawaiianislands okeanosexplorer oceanexploration papahanaumokuakea papahānaumokuākea marinenationalmonument hawaiihawai‘i 2015hohonumoana |