The disc of this tiny brittlestar is 5 mm in diameter. Brittlestars of all sizesare common in deepwater coral communities including this small one found insurface sediments associated with Lophelia pertusa.
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Date: 2009 August 26
Credit: Lophelia II 2009. Deepwater Coral
Location: Gulf of Mexico
Subject: Ocean exploration