With its magnificent ‘sail’ structure, this Psychropotes sea cucumber was spotted while exploring a previously unknown seamount, tentatively called ‘Utu’, located in the northern region of the American Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 American Samoa.
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