A spiraling bamboo coral grows upward off a vertical wall at 1500 meters depth;
pink brittle stars can be seen on the colony and a large white sponge
grows behind it.
Image ID: expl1865, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect Location: Bahama Islands Photo Date: 2009 March Credit: Bahamas Deep-Sea Coral Expedition Science Party, NOAA-OER.
