The galatheid crab is now safely on the seafloor and will commence a search for a new home after the manipulator arm of the Hercules ROV captured the reddish antipatharian coral. Photo #5 of sequence. A venus flytrap anemone is seen in the upper left attached to a branch of the coral.

Image ID: expl2242, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect
Location: Atlantic Ocean, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Photo Date: 2005 July
Credit: IFE, URI-IAO, UW, Lost City Science Party; NOAA/OAR/OER; The Lost City 2005 Expedition

Category: Ocean exploration/

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