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Deep sea coral. Beautiful purple octocoral. Probably Anthothelia grandiflora.In this image the polyps are retracted. See image expl9114 to see a colony ofthis type of coral with both an area of extended polyps and retracted polyps for comparison. (Image credit: NOAA OKEANOS Explorer Program , 2013 Northeast U. S. Canyons Expedition)