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A dying corallium coral bush with large pencil urchins occupying the upperreaches of the bush. A large red shrimp and a cup coral are at the base of thecoral bush.
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White corallium bush with polyps extended. One squat lobster isprominently visible but there is a smaller one in the lower right. There isalso a small clawed crustacean on the lower left branch that is barely visible.
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A large white corallium bush. Close inspection reveals two small squat lobsters, barnacles, a purple gastropod, tube worms, and small hydroids. Thisunderscored the importance of such coral colonies as habitat for numerouscreatures.
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A remarkably symmetricalblack coral bush with peach-colored polyps. Thiscoral bush is almost a twin of that seen in image expn4005.
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Black coral bush being overgrown by cream-colored zoanthids. There is asunburst radial appearing feature in the right center. What is this?
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A deceptive image of a reddish-purple black coral bush that is actuallyoverhanging the black stalk with barnacles below it.
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Closeup of the polyps of the black coral seen in image expn4017.
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Black coral bushes with associated large reddish-orange squat lobsters. Cream-colored zoanthids are seen on each bush.
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Black coral bushes with associated large reddish-orange squat lobsters. Cream-colored zoanthids are seen on each bush.
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Dead coral bush with a large red shrimp, a dead bush covered with zoanthids, and a live black coral bush with associated large reddish-orange squat lobsters.
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A large white coral (zigzag coral?) that appears to have grown on a dead blackcoral stalk. A yellow sponge and a live black coral with associated largeorange squat lobster is seen on the left. Compare that squat lobster to the oneseen close to the j
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The squat lobster referred to in image expn4022. A different species adapted to living in the white coral (possibly Madrepora oculata). Note the black coralbranch covered with hydroids to which the white coral is attached.
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The chelae of the second squat lobster referred to in image expn4022. Note alsothe head of the worm seen below the chelae.
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Black coral bush, probably Leiopathes sp. with large orange-red squat lobsters. There appears to be a basket star in the dead coral bush in the distance. Alarge red shrimp is on the right side of the image.
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A nearly invisible octocoral bush is in the center of the image between thered laser dots. The dead coral trees are creepy.
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Black coral bush, probably Leiopathes sp. with large orange-red squat lobsters. There is a basket star in the dead coral bush in the distance. Alarge red shrimp is center foreground.
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Although the black stalk and branches of the nearly invisible coral bush inimage expn4026 indicates a possible blackcoral, closer inspectionreveals octocoral polyps.
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Although the black stalk and branches of the nearly invisible coral bush inimage expn4026 indicates a possible blackcoral, closer inspectionreveals octocoral polyps.
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A fan-like black coral bush with large fleshy appearing polyps.
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A fan-like black coral bush with large fleshy appearing polyps.
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