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A portion of an impacted coral with attached brittle stars. Living tissue isorange but much of the skeleton is bare or coveed by brown flocculentmaterial. The left brittle star is of normal coloration but the individual toits right is bleached white and much more tightly wrapped around thebranch than normal. (Image credit: Lophelia II)