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This beautiful pale orange coral was collected at the Lophelia coral banks

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Description

This beautiful pale orange coral was collected at the Lophelia coral banks.Very different from the surrounding pale white Lophelia, The members of theIslands in the Stream 2002 expedition had never seen this type of coralbefore among the Lophelia during their dives.

Credit

Islands in the Stream Expedition 2002. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration

Photographer

Bruce Moravchik

Location

South Atlantic Bight, Southeast United States

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Atlantic Shelf and Slope

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA

Keywords

Ocean Exploration
Invertebrates
Deep sea coral