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Wire coral (Stichopathes leutkeni), a black coral, with two curled up basketstars attached in the deep water environment in the vicinity of Flower GardenBanks

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Description

Wire coral (Stichopathes leutkeni), a black coral, with two curled up basketstars attached in the deep water environment in the vicinity of Flower GardenBanks.

Credit

Rhode Island Institute for Archaeological Oceanography; Secrets of the Gulf Expedition. NOAA/NOS/NMS/FGBNMS.

Photographer

Institute for Exploration.

Display Date

2007 March

Location

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

Collection

Sanctuaries

Flower Garden Banks NMS