pl23_expl0357.jpg
Description
This galatheid crab, commonly known as a squat lobster, was brought aboard theR/V SEWARD JOHNSON. from 1400 feet. It was sitting within a mass of Lopheliacoral which grows in massive reefs in the dark, cold waters off the coast ofSouth Carolina.
Credit
Islands in the Stream Expedition 2002. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration
Photographer
Bruce Moravchik
Location
South Atlantic Bight, Southeast United States
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Life in the Deep Sea
Deep Sea Crabs and Other Crustaceans
NOAA Affiliation
NOAA
Keywords
Ocean Exploration
Invertebrates
Crabs