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Beautiful hanging gardens of Lydonia Canyon with a highly diverse faunalassemblage. Encrusting sponges, Solenosmilia variabilis coral, an acesta clam, small purple octorals, small white serpulid tube worms, cup corals and squatlobsters. Small white octocorals can be seen in the right center of the image. (Image credit: NOAA OKEANOS Explorer Program , 2013 Northeast U. S. Canyons Expedition)