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Purple stoloniferous corals and gold gerardia coral on a basalt ledge. Redcrab, squat lobster, a wagon wheel like urchin, and white and purple gorgoniansmake up the rest of this undersea vista.
Credit
NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana
Display Date
20150901T233030Z
Location
Pacific Ocean, Swordfish Seamount
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
2015 Hohonu Moana