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Description
Pacific Ring of Fire Expedition. This pinnacle rises to 167 meters below thesurface. The coiled up pink masses are basket sea stars (about 50 cm across).A myriad of small fish, probably wrasses, swarm around the top of Pinnacle Cone. Turbulence around the top of the structureattracts all the suspension feeders who feed on plankton.
Credit
Pacific Ring of Fire 2004 Expedition. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. Bob Embley, NOAA PMEL, Chief Scientist
Display Date
2004 April
Location
Mariana Arc region, Western Pacific Ocean
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Ring of Fire
Keywords
Ocean Exploration