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general: funiculina and balticina look the same on video and have overlapping depth ranges; mostly reddish-purple or pink with a white rachis, but can appear all white. because balticina and funiculina are indistinguishable per g. williams, the morphotype is annotated as funiculina-balticina complex when observed between 600-799 m).
citation: funiculina-balticina complex deep-sea guide (dsg) at http://dsg/mbari.org/dsg/view/concept/funiculina-balticina%20complex. monterey bay aquarium research institute (mbari). consulted on 2022-06-30.
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