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Description
Although known as black corals because of the jewelry made from the blackskeleton of the corals, in the Gulf of Mexico these Antipatharians in the genusLeiopathes come in colors ranging from white, through peach to orange and red. (Image credit: Lophelia II 2010 Expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEMRE)
Credit
Lophelia II 2010 Expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEMRE
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Lophelia II Expeditions
Keywords
Ocean Exploration