''Farrea omniclavata'' is a
species of
sea sponge first found at the bottom of
shelf
Shelf ( : shelves) may refer to:
* Shelf (storage), a flat horizontal surface used for display and storage
Geology
* Continental shelf, the extended perimeter of a continent, usually covered by shallow seas
* Ice shelf, a thick platform of ice f ...
,
canyon
A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...
and
seamount
A seamount is a large geologic landform that rises from the ocean floor that does not reach to the water's surface (sea level), and thus is not an island, islet or cliff-rock. Seamounts are typically formed from extinct volcanoes that rise abru ...
s of the west coast of
Washington,
British Columbia and the
Gulf of Alaska.
References
Further reading
*Du Preez, C., et al. "Cobb Seamount Species Inventory." Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci 3122 (2015).
*Curtis, J. M. R., et al. 2012 Expedition to Cobb Seamount: Survey Methods, Data Collections, and Species Observations. 2015.
External links
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Hexactinellida
Animals described in 2014
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