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A colorful scene including a reddish pink Paragorgia sp. bubble gum coral bush,small purple octorals, yellow zoanthids, orange cup corals, pinkish whitebamboo whip corals, a large orange pink anemone, and whitesponges. A pinkish white urchin is seen at the base of the deadcoral that is now providing habitat for the purple octocorals. (Image credit: NOAA OKEANOS EXPLORER Program; Our Deepwater Backyard)