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pl23_expn1594.jpg

Looking over the ROV to various corals and anemones

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Description

Looking over the ROV to various corals and anemones. Look closely in the center of the image and you will see a large squat lobster with extremely long claws(chelipods) and two different brittle stars - the smaller one over a much larger one of a different species.

Credit

Lophelia II

Display Date

2008 September 22 1727

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Modern Expeditions

Lophelia II Expeditions