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pl23_expn1313.jpg

A large orange brittle star on a bamboo coral bush and an oddly colored yellowgreen octocoral bush

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Description

A large orange brittle star on a bamboo coral bush and an oddly colored yellowgreen octocoral bush. What appears to be a white beaded single stalkcoral is in the center bottom of the image. White sponges andanemones are also seen.

Credit

Lophelia II

Display Date

2008 September 27 1804

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Modern Expeditions

Lophelia II Expeditions