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A purple spiky squat lobster on a small black coral bush (Umbellapathes sp.).This distinctive-looking, spiny squat lobster seen here at 1493 meters islikely a new (undescribed) species in the anomuran family Chirostylidae.
Credit
NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana
Display Date
20150919T222909Z
Location
Johnston Seamounts, Hutchinson Seamount,Twin Cones
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
2015 Hohonu Moana