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![Wire coral (Stichopathes leutkeni), a black coral, with two curled up basketstars attached in the deep water environment in the vicinity of Flower GardenBanks sanc0475.jpg Wire coral (Stichopathes leutkeni), a black coral, with two curled up basketstars attached in the deep water environment in the vicinity of Flower GardenBanks](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_sanc0475.jpg?itok=QdGOEjJi)
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Wire coral (Stichopathes leutkeni), a black coral, with two curled up basketstars attached in the deep water environment in the vicinity of Flower GardenBanks. (Image credit: Rhode Island Institute for Archaeological Oceanography; Secrets of the Gulf Expedition. NOAA/NOS/NMS/FGBNMS. | Institute for Exploration.)