Eight “cookie stars” (<i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Peltaster_placenta" title="Category:Peltaster placenta">Peltaster placenta</a></i> and <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Plinthaster_dentatus" title="Category:Plinthaster dentatus">Plinthaster dentatus</a></i>) and a sea urchin (<i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cidaris_rugosa" title="Category:Cidaris rugosa">Cidaris rugosa</a></i>) were seen feeding on a large barrel sponge (<i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Geodia" title="Category:Geodia">Geodia</a></i>) off the coast of  South Carolina during the Windows to the Deep 2019 expedition.
NOAA Okeanos Explorer
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