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Mountains in the Sea Expedition.Field of yellow Enallopsammia stony coral and pink Candidella,with various sponges, whip coral, and brittle stars.
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition.Basalt ridge with crinoids, corals, and sponges.
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition.Basalt rocks covered in corals (live and dead), crinoids, sponges, and brittle stars.
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition.Forest of bamboo whip corals standing 10-12 feet in height.
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition.Basalt ridge with various sponges and corals.
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition.Beautiful bouquet of Lophelia, Candidella, and solitary cup coralswith brittle stars, crinoids, and various sponges.
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition.Bright yellow sponge with whip-like bamboo corals and aggregation ofLophelia, Enallopsammia, and various other sponges and corals.
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition.Stunning yellow Enallopsammia stony coral with pink Candidellateeming with brittle stars.
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition.Lovely spiraling Iridigorgia coral with brightly colored (apparent)commensal shrimp.
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition.Bouquet of Corallium with deep purple Trachythela octocoral, brittle
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition.Phenomenal line-up of organisms representing the great diversity on BalanusSeamount - a strange spoon worm, an elegant sea pen, a stalked crinoid,and two xenophyophores (large one-celled organisms) with brittle stars.
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition.Beautiful white sponge with purple crinoids on Retriever Seamount.
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Gulf of Alaska Seamount Expedition. Large primnoid coral loaded with brittle stars on Dickins Seamount.
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Gulf of Alaska Seamount Expedition. Large paragorgia coral with galatheid crabson Pratt Seamount at 800 meters depth.
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Gulf of Alaska Seamount Expedition. Large bamboo coral with galatheid crabs and sweeper tentacles on Dickins Seamount at 800 meters.
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Gulf of Alaska Seamount Expedition. Large paragorgia coral with galatheid crabsin a sponge forest on Welker Seamount at about 700 meters depth.
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Gulf of Alaska Seamount Expedition. Paragorgia sclerites seen under the microscope. Sclerites are tiny microscopic bones embedded in the fleshy polyps ofoctocorals. The large sclerites are called girdled spindles, the smaller onesare eight radiate.
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Gulf of Alaska Seamount Expedition. Paragorgia polyps. When retracted, thepinnate tentacles of the polyp are less evident. This is a defensive posture toguard the tasty polyps from predators.
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