Colonized Debris (IMAGE)

Smithsonian

Colonized Debris

Caption

Coastal podded hydroid Aglaophenia pluma, an open-ocean crab (Planes genus) and open-ocean gooseneck barnacles (Lepas genus) colonizing a piece of floating debris.

Credit

The Ocean Cleanup

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