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Antipatharian "black coral"

Antipatharian "black coral"

Closeup of polyps on antipatharian "black coral"

Antipatharian "black coral"

Antipatharian "black coral", red shrimp, and what appears to be a small white sponge.

Antipatharian "black coral" bush and small white bamboo corals bushes.

Antipatharian "black coral" on left and bamboo coral on right

Greenish blue sponge, white sponge, small white corals, and galatheid crab

A stalked Euplectellidae glass sponge.

A Euplectellidae glass sponge known as Venus flower basket.

A Euplectellidae glass sponge known as Venus flower basket.

A Euplectellidae glass sponge known as Venus flower basket.

A Euplectellidae glass sponge known as Venus flower basket.

Sponge on a rock outcrop

A white sponge on a rock outcrop

A stalked sponge on a sandy bottom

A white sponge growing from a a somewhat jumbled appearing sediment pile.

Three sponges growing on what appears to be a sediment covered rock. The tallest is a Venus flower basket sponge.

Two different species of sponges growing in close proximity. The tallest is a Venus flower basket sponge.

Three white sponges and a variety of corals.

Three white sponges growing on an old dead sponge.

Two white sponges growing in close proximity to an old dead sponge. Note the clear white feather duster worm to the right of the base of the sponges.

A variety of sponges and a large brittle star growing on sediment covered rock.

Sponges and small corals growing on a sediment draped rock

Small corals growing on a sediment draped rock.

A small stalked sponge growing on a sandy bottom.

A yellow sponge growing on a rock outcrop

A stalked sponge growing from a rock outcrop.

The top of the stalked sponge seen in image expl6214

A yellow sponge and small white corals growing from a spherical pillow lava. A bright red shrimp is seen to the left of the pillow lava.

A large white sponge and a smaller conical white sponge growing from a hydrothermally altered rock outcrop.

A white sponge growing on a sediment covered rock outcrop.

A white sponge growing on a bare rock face.

A sponge? A very thick based life form attached to a rock bottom.

Brachiopods, a type of bivalve, attached to a rock face.

A small red-shelled gastropod crawling on a rock face.

Barnacles on a coral stalk.

A white gastropod crawling on a rock face.

White holothurian sea cucumber feeding on sediments. Image captured by the Little Hercules ROV at 600 meters depth on the Paramount seamounts

Swimming reddish pink holothurian

Swimming clear holothurian with sand filled gut clearly visible

Swimming clear holothurian with sand filled gut clearly visible

Reddish orange holothurian climbing over a rock outcrop

Beautiful clear purple holothurian

Reddish purple holothurian hovering just above a rock outcrop

Purplish white holothurian swimming above a mud and rock outcrop bottom

Purplish white holothurian swimming above a mud and rock outcrop bottom