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pl23_expn6735.jpg

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Description

Octocoral squirming with brittlestars. Why are so many brittle starsliving on this one coral? Coral - family Coralliidae Hemicorallium nr. laauense.

Credit

NOAA/OAR/OER, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas, Leg 1.

Display Date

20160508T224723Z

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Modern Expeditions

2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Mariana