A coral atop one of the highest points within the site showing still livingcoral tissue mostly encompassed by a brittle seastar with other branches lacking tissue and feeding polyps covered with brown flocculent material.Deepwater Horizon aftermath.
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Date: 2010
Credit: Lophelia II 2010 Expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEMRE
Location: Gulf of Mexico