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pl23_expn0984.jpg

Leiopathes glaberrima coral bushes in the midst of a field of large whiteanemones with orange mouths

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Description

Leiopathes glaberrima coral bushes in the midst of a field of large whiteanemones with orange mouths. The tubular objects on the seafloor were seen inother images - are they of biological or geological origin?

Credit

Lophelia II

Display Date

2010 October 25 035516

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Modern Expeditions

Lophelia II Expeditions