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![Small purple octocorals and zoanthids cover the skeleton of a dead coral bush expn3122.jpg Small purple octocorals and zoanthids cover the skeleton of a dead coral bush](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_expn3122.jpg?itok=xbUCZpQC)
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Small purple octocorals and zoanthids cover the skeleton of a dead coral bush.A large yellow sponge, broken coral and small white sponges are seenthroughout this area. Numerous brittle stars are wrapped in the branches ofboth dead and alive coral bushes. (Image credit: NOAA OKEANOS EXPLORER Program; Our Deepwater Backyard)