| 750 |  |
Small school of fish |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
751 |  |
Scorpion fish |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
752 |  |
Orange and white holothurian |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
753 |  |
Brown and white holothurian |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
754 |  |
Gorgonian coral with intertwined basket star |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
755 |  |
A beautiful boquet of marine plants - green and red leafy algae as well as grape algae. |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
756 |  |
Sea pen on the continental slope below Flower Garden Banks |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
757 |  |
An orange and white starfish that is regenerating its fifth leg |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
758 |  |
An orange and white starfish |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
759 |  |
An orange and white starfish |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
760 |  |
Sea whip black coral Stichopathes sp. |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
761 |  |
Arrow crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis) |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
762 |  |
Derelict fish net although appears quite old, still has the power to entrap marine animals. |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
763 |  |
Ray on bottom |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
764 |  |
Ray on bottom |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
765 |  |
Solitary cup coral on small outcrop |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
766 |  |
A large sea anemone |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
767 |  |
Yellow-striped fish with red spot on anal fin |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
768 |  |
Fish using near vertical outcropping for cover |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
769 |  |
A red sponge with red algae at top and grape algae at lower right |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
770 |  |
Yellow and red sponge with red algae around base |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
771 |  |
Red and green algae indicating moving higher up in photosynthetic zone than red algae only |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
772 |  |
Fish using outcrop for cover |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
773 |  |
Squat lobster condominium on continental slope offshore from Flower Garden Banks |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
774 |  |
Oculina varicosa coral to left an f fire coral to right growing on outcrop |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
775 |  |
Yellow sea pen and whip coral |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
776 |  |
Fire coral |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
777 |  |
Whip corals and a stalked glass sponge. |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
778 |  |
Algae? |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
779 |  |
Sponges? |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
780 |  |
Large sponges |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
781 |  |
Zigzag coral (Madrepora oculata) |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
782 |  |
Zigzag coral (Madrepora oculata) |
Gulf of Mexico, West Bank, Flower Garden Banks NMS |
783 |  |
Jellyfish (Tiburonia granrojo) - a new species described by MBARI and JAMSTEC researchers. This species grows up to 1 meter in diameter. |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 18 |
784 |  |
California slickhead (Alepocephalus tenebrosus) at 1551 meters depth. |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 18 |
785 |  |
Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea). |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 18 |
786 |  |
Yellow Picasso sponge (Staurocalyptus sp.) |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 18 |
787 |  |
Yellow Picasso sponge (Staurocalyptus sp.) |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 18 |
788 |  |
An unidentified cnidarian that resembles a Venus flytrap from the family Hormathiidae. At 1874 meters water depth. |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 19 |
789 |  |
An unidentified cnidarian that resembles a Venus flytrap from the family Hormathiidae. At 1874 meters water depth. |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 19 |
790 |  |
A red flat Spanish dancer sea cucumber (Benthodytes sp.) is hovering at 2789 meters water depth. |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 20 |
791 |  |
Stalked white ruffled sponge at 2564 meters water depth. |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 20 |
792 |  |
This curious octopus (Benthoctopus sp.) was found at 2422 meters next to an orange stalked crinoid. |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 20 |
793 |  |
Bathysaur or highfin lizardfish (Bathysaurus mollis) at 1793 meters water depth. |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 20 |
794 |  |
Halosaur (Aldrovandia sp.) at 1736 meters water depth. |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 20 |
795 |  |
Halosaur (Aldrovandia sp.) at 1736 meters water depth. |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 20 |
796 |  |
Tomopterid worm (Family Tomopteridae) swimming above Davidson Seamount at 389 meters water depth. |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 21 |
797 |  |
Tomopterid worm (Family Tomopteridae) swimming above Davidson Seamount at 389 meters water depth. |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 21 |
798 |  |
Benthic octopus (Benthoctopus sp.) and clam (Acesta mori) at 1461 meters water depth. |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 21 |
799 |  |
Mushroom coral |
California, Davidson Seamount 2002 May 21 |
