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A portion of an impacted coral with attached brittle stars. Living tissue isorange but much of the skeleton is bare or coveed by brown flocculentmaterial. The left brittle star is of normal coloration but the individual toits right is bleached white and much more tightly wrapped around thebranch than normal.
Credit
Lophelia II
Display Date
2010 1102.232024
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Lophelia II Expeditions