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Mountains in the Sea Expedition 2004. Black whip-like coral (Stichopathes sp.)
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition 2004. Scientist holding a bushy black coral(Leiopathes sp.) covered in mucus. This specimen was collected fromBear Seamount.
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition 2004. Crinoids, a sea star, and an anemone on adead coral skeleton surrounded by several live octocorals at Kelvin Seamount.
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition 2004. A bushy black coral (Leiopathes sp.) in its natural environment at Manning Seamount.
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition 2004. Graduate student Mercer Brugler pullsat the highly viscous mucus collected from a bushy black coral.
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition 2004.Pink Paragorgia collected from one of the Manning Seamounts.
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Mountains in the Sea Expedition 2004.Red Paragorgia coral collected from one of the Manning Seamounts.
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North Atlantic Stepping Stones Expedition 2005.A close-up view of the polyps of the bamboo coral Keratoisis. You cansee the white skeleton running through the transparent tissue. The pinkspots are the oral end (mouth end) of the polyp, and in this ph
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North Atlantic Stepping Stones Expedition 2005.A grenadier drifts by a black coral (Bathypathes sp.).
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North Atlantic Stepping Stones Expedition 2005.Bushy black coral (Leiopathes sp.) collected from 1643m depth on BearSeamount. This particular black coral expels a large amount of mucus whenagitated. Within the New England Seamount chain, very few ass
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North Atlantic Stepping Stones Expedition 2005.Though this is most abundant deep-water hard coral in the world's oceans(Lophelia pertusa), this tiny piece on an overhang is the first sighting we have had on this cruise.
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North Atlantic Stepping Stones Expedition 2005.Colony of Metallogorgia melanotrichos on New England Seamount Chain.
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North Atlantic Stepping Stones Expedition 2005.The branched bottlebrush black coral (Parantipathes sp.) collected from LymanSeamount (part of the Corner Rise Seamount chain). Unbranched forms of thebottlebrush also occur, oftentimes with two or more
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North Atlantic Stepping Stones Expedition 2005.Tall, whip-like Lepidisis bamboo corals with pigtail coils and a rust-coloredblack coral leave the impression of an otherworldly forest on Manning Seamount.
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North Atlantic Stepping Stones Expedition 2005.A juvenile groomed poodle coral (Metallogorgia melanotrichos) collectedfrom 1491m depth on Bear Seamount.
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North Atlantic Stepping Stones Expedition 2005.Bottlebrush white coral (Thouarella sp.) collected from 1458m depth on ManningSeamount. The bottlebrush white corals are often branched, with each branchcontaining hundreds of individual mouths, or polyp
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Ring of Fire 2002 Expedition. These animals at the top of the chimney are deep-sea octocorals or soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea), and sometimes go bythe common name mushroom coral. As with other cnidarians, the mushroom coralhas stinging cell
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Ring of Fire 2006 Expedition. Diving at NW Rota-1 Brimstone Pit.Clouds of hydrothermal fluids and small sulfur balls coming into view as anactive vent is approached.
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Ring of Fire 2006 Expedition. Basket stars, stylaster corals, and a crinoid.
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Ring of Fire 2006 Expedition. Basket stars, stylaster corals, and a crinoid.
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