Bamboo coral (Keratoisis sp.) with basketstars (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis)and an orange crinoid (Florometra serratissima) at1455 meters water depth.Coral colony age estimates exceed 200 years.
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Date: 2002 May 21
Credit: NOAA/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Location: California, Davidson Seamount
Subject: Ocean exploration
Subject: Invertebrates
Subject: Deep sea coral