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North Atlantic Stepping Stones Expedition 2005

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Description

North Atlantic Stepping Stones Expedition 2005.The branched bottlebrush black coral (Parantipathes sp.) collected from LymanSeamount (part of the Corner Rise Seamount chain). Unbranched forms of thebottlebrush also occur, oftentimes with two or more chirostyliead crabs livingon the colony.

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Life in the Deep Sea

Deep Corals

Keywords

Ocean Exploration

Invertebrates

Deep sea coral