Underwater shipwreck with rust and marine life.
Anemones
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Shipwrecks provide hard structures on which organisms in the deep ocean can attach and grow. These anemones were seen during the seventh dive of the Papahānaumokuākea ROV and Mapping expedition, having made a home on the side of USS Yorktown.

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