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Small purple octocorals and zoanthids cover the skeleton of a dead coral bush

Description

Small purple octocorals and zoanthids cover the skeleton of a dead coral bush.A large yellow sponge, broken coral and small white sponges are seenthroughout this area. Numerous brittle stars are wrapped in the branches ofboth dead and alive coral bushes.

Credit

NOAA OKEANOS EXPLORER Program; Our Deepwater Backyard

Display Date

20140928T174908Z

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collections
Modern Expeditions
Our Deepwater Backyard 2014