Some areas of Bright Bank are blanketed by dense mats of the spongy green
alga Codium repens as shown here at 60 meters depth.
Image ID: expl1898, 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