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A bamboo coral bush that has been overtaken by yellow and sand-coloredzoanthids

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Description

A bamboo coral bush that has been overtaken by yellow and sand-coloredzoanthids. The bottom left side appears to have been recently stripped by coraleating starfish making habitat on the dead branches for a mulitiplicity ofbrittle stars.

Credit

NOAA OKEANOS Explorer Program , 2013 Northeast U. S. Canyons Expedition

Display Date

20130805T165001Z

Location

Mytilus Seamount, south side, 3262-2593m

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
2013 Northeast U. S. Canyons Expedition