The lovely slit shell, Perotrochus amabilis, inhabits a rubble strewn area
between 850 and 700 feet depth along the Tennessee Bioherm 1, a mound that
extends from the sea bottom at a depth of 1,000 feet to within 550 feet of the
surface.
Image ID: expl1894, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect Location: Florida Straits Photo Date: 2005 November 19 Credit: Brooke et al., NOAA-OER, HBOI.; Florida Coast Deep Corals Expedition 2005
