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Pillow lavas of varying sizes on a ridge crest.
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Deep Discoverer's robotic arm sampling an angular cobble of basalt.
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Misty appearance probably caused by sampling activities of robotic arm stirringup light sediment cover of basalt rocks.
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Although life is sparse in this area, there is fairly high diversity in thisimage with a large red shrimp, a small anemone, a small hexactellinid sponge,and a yellow octocoral with a pinkish white brittle star.
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High density coral community encountered as the ROV proceeded up theslope of a pinnacle feature located on the ridge crest. Large whitehexactellinid sponges, possibly Rossellidae vase sponges, are inthe right foreground.
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A dead coral branch covered with small hydroids and a few small gooseneckbarnacles. Bamboo coral branches are in the background of this image.
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Various corals, sponges, and anemones on a rock outcrop at about 400 metersdepth. Two squat lobsters and a large pencil urchin can also be found in theimage.
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Same rock pinnacle and fauna as seen closer up in image expn5963.
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Anthomastus sp. coral and a venus flower basket sponge.
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A large brisingid starfish dominates this image. A chrysogorgid coral is in the left bottom center, and numerous yellow scleractinian corals are seen. Askimpy purple octocoral is also seen.
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A white scleractinian coral bush and a large cidaroid pencil urchin,probably Histocidaris variabilis.
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White demospongiae Poecillastra sp., yellow and purple scleractinian coralsEnallopsammia sp. Spines of a cidaroid urchin are seen in the foregroundwhile its body is hidden by the sponge.
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Large shrimp, Heterocarpus laevigatus; white demospongiae Poecillastra sp.; ayellow scleractinian coral; and what appears to be a small purple octocoral.
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A dead whip coral covered with hydroids and white unidentified life forms.There appears to be a large gastropod about halfway up the branch. Numeroussea pen corals are seen as well.
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Large gooseneck barnacles with cirri extended in the upper left living on a deadwhip coral branch. The branch is covered with hydroids and much smallergooseneck barnacles.
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Dead whip coral bush with gooseneck barnacles and small hydroids and barnacles.A dead bamboo whip coral is seen behind the gooseneck barnacles and a boarfish,Antigonia sp., in the left foreground.
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A black coral bush in the right bottom, numerous colonies of the Dendrophyllidaecoral Eguchipsammia fistula in the upper left, a large spider crab, a fewAntigonia sp. boarfish, and two other fish using the black coral bush ashabitat.
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Dead sponge encrusted with sediment? some life form?
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A dead sponge stalk with similar material covering it as is seen in imageexpn5974. A large brisingid starfish is residing at the top of the dead stalkand a white squat lobster is seen near the bottom of the image.
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A xenophyophore blending in with a grayish brown sediment covered bottom.
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