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Purple stoloniferous corals and small patches of greenish white stoloniferouscorals cover the sides of a basalt topographic high

Description

Purple stoloniferous corals and small patches of greenish white stoloniferouscorals cover the sides of a basalt topographic high. Yellow Gerardia gold coral is on the top of the high with some also on the sides. Numerous brittle starsare seen in the Gerardia and a squat lobster is in the lower right of the image.

Credit

NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana

Display Date

20150901T232947Z

Location

Pacific Ocean, Swordfish Seamount

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
2015 Hohonu Moana