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Description
One of the impacted corals with an attached brittle starfish and an anemone in a typical place on the coral. Living tissue, including the coral polyps, can beseen here as the olive colored with bare patches revealing skeleton and attached brown flocculent material. Deepwater Horizon aftermath.
Credit
Lophelia II 2010 Expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEMRE
Display Date
2010
Location
Gulf of Mexico
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Lophelia II Expeditions