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Closeup of a young bamboo coral colony. The white axial skeleton can be seenvery clearly through the transparent tissue and one dark node near the base.The polyps have contracted and withdrawn their tentacles. The two large redpolyps in the background are the octocoral Anthomastus. Deep sea coral.
Credit
NOAA OKEANOS Explorer Program , 2013 Northeast U. S. Canyons Expedition
Display Date
20130803T143121Z
Location
Oceanographer Canyon, west wall, 1236-1150m
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
2013 Northeast U. S. Canyons Expedition