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The galatheid crab is now safely on the seafloor and will commence asearch for a new home after the manipulator arm of the Hercules ROV capturedthe reddish antipatharian coral

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The galatheid crab is now safely on the seafloor and will commence asearch for a new home after the manipulator arm of the Hercules ROV capturedthe reddish antipatharian coral. Photo #5 of sequence. A venus flytrapanemone is seen in the upper left attached to a branch of the coral.

Credit

IFE, URI-IAO, UW, Lost City Science Party; NOAA/OAR/OER; The Lost City 2005 Expedition

Display Date

2005 July

Location

Atlantic Ocean, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Keywords

Ocean Exploration