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Bamboo coral (Keratoisis sp

Description

Bamboo coral (Keratoisis sp.) with basketstars (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis)and an orange crinoid (Florometra serratissima) at1455 meters water depth.Coral colony age estimates exceed 200 years.

Credit

NOAA/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Display Date

2002 May 21

Location

California, Davidson Seamount

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Life in the Deep Sea
Deep Corals

Keywords

Ocean Exploration
Invertebrates
Deep sea coral