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A bamboo coral bush that has been overtaken by yellow and sand-coloredzoanthids. The bottom left side appears to have been recently stripped by coraleating starfish making habitat on the dead branches for a mulitiplicity ofbrittle stars. (Image credit: NOAA OKEANOS Explorer Program , 2013 Northeast U. S. Canyons Expedition)