This is a healthy branch of Lophelia coral sampled from the deep ocean reefsoff the coast of South Carolina. Unlike tropical species of coral, Lopheliapossesses no zooxanthellae (a symbiotic dinoflagellate) which often givetheir coralline hosts beaut
4/8/2019 12:05:53 PM
Photographer: Bruce Moravchik
Affiliation: NOAA
Credit: Islands in the Stream Expedition 2002. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration
Location: South Atlantic Bight, Southeast United States
Subject: Ocean exploration
Subject: Invertebrates