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Gold, purple, green, and white corals on a bathymetric high point

Description

Gold, purple, green, and white corals on a bathymetric high point. Largepinkish brittle stars are seen primarily in the purple paramuricean corals while the white and greenish corals do not seem to have any associated brittle starsor other life . What appears to be a very large white urchin is in the upperleft of the highest point on this rock.

Credit

NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana

Display Date

20150902T004007Z

Location

Pacific Ocean, Swordfish Seamount

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
2015 Hohonu Moana