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![Purple stoloniferous corals and small patches of greenish white stoloniferouscorals cover the sides of a basalt topographic high expn5231.jpg Purple stoloniferous corals and small patches of greenish white stoloniferouscorals cover the sides of a basalt topographic high](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_expn5231.jpg?itok=Ywqwtk4H)
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Purple stoloniferous corals and small patches of greenish white stoloniferouscorals cover the sides of a basalt topographic high. Yellow Gerardia gold coral is on the top of the high with some also on the sides. Numerous brittle starsare seen in the Gerardia and a squat lobster is in the lower right of the image. (Image credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana)