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![A potentially dying coral colony with two attached brittle stars and twoanemones expn1653.jpg A potentially dying coral colony with two attached brittle stars and twoanemones](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_expn1653.jpg?itok=6HSUzOWA)
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A potentially dying coral colony with two attached brittle stars and twoanemones. A small amount of apparently living tissue on some branches isorange to olive in color. Portions of the skeleton can be seen covered withbrown flocculent material. The brittle star's bleached white color of thearms is not typical. (Image credit: Lophelia II)