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A red corallium coral with polyps retracted with a commensal white brittle star

Description

A red corallium coral with polyps retracted with a commensal white brittle star. A few small whitish grey zoanthids are on the main stem of the coral bush.

Credit

NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana

Display Date

20150921T232336Z

Location

Pacific Ocean, ESE of Johnston Atoll, Lone Cone

Collection

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