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Description
Charleston Bump Expedition. Soft coral bush.Attached to the sea floor by its holdfast (top right), this softcoral provides a number of hiding places for benthic invertebrates.
Credit
Charleston Bump Expedition 2003. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. George Sedberry, South Carolina DNR, Principal Investigator
Photographer
Jerry Mclelland
Display Date
2003 August 9
Location
Southeast of Charleston, South Carolina
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Life in the Deep Sea
Deep Corals