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A large white coral (zigzag coral?) that appears to have grown on a dead blackcoral stalk. A yellow sponge and a live black coral with associated largeorange squat lobster is seen on the left. Compare that squat lobster to the oneseen close to the junction of the major branches of that coral. The chelae ofanother pinkish white squat lobster can be seen in the upper right of the coral. (Image credit: NOAA OKEANOS EXPLORER Program, Oceano Profundo 2015; Exploring Puerto Rico's Seamounts, Trenches, and Troughs)