At 66 meters depth on McGrail Bank, this field of red algal coralline nodules is
covered with the red platelike alga Peyssonnelia inamoena and representatives of
of the brown algal genus Dictyota.
Image ID: expl1895, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect Location: Gulf of Mexico Photo Date: 2003 Credit: Gulf of Mexico Deep Sea Habitats Expedition/NOAA/OAR/OER; FGBNMS/UNCW-NURC