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North Atlantic Stepping Stones 2005
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Candelabra bamboo coral - could be about 60 cm across. Dive 16.
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A glass sponge, referred to as a goblet sponge on a stick' by the science party on board.
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A sea pen shares a pit with a shrimp. Sea pens (Pennatulacea) are soft-bodiedoctocorals that anchor into sediments by inflating the base of a large polypwith water. The side branches of this large polyp hold to or more feeding polyps.
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A sea pen shares a pit with a shrimp. Sea pens (Pennatulacea) are soft-bodiedoctocorals that anchor into sediments by inflating the base of a large polypwith water. The side branches of this large polyp hold to or more feeding polyps.
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The gorgonian octocoral Paramuricea with a brittle star wrapped in its branches.
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A small vertical ledge with right angle corners
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A small vertical ledge
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A small vertical ledge
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A sea spider (Pycnogonida). The long tube hanging down is a proboscis, at theend of which is the mouth. The sea spider can suck up prey items through theproboscis.
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A red shrimp on a sandy bottom
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A tube anemone (Cerianthid) peeks from a crack in the basalt. Tubeanemones have two rings of tentacles surrounding the mouth: the large tentaclesof the outer ring, and a small set immediately around the mouth.
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A tube anemone (Cerianthid) peeks from a crack in the basalt. Tubeanemones have two rings of tentacles surrounding the mouth: the large tentaclesof the outer ring, and a small set immediately around the mouth.
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A boulder crowned with a golden stony coral (Scleratinia) Enallopsammia rostrataat 1485 meters depth on Yakutat Seamount.
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A boulder crowned with a golden stony coral (Scleratinia) Enallopsammia rostrataat 1485 meters depth on Yakutat Seamount. Such high points attract a variety oflife forms including brittle stars, deep sea shrimp, and cup corals as seen here.
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A boulder crowned with a golden stony coral (Scleratinia) Enallopsammia rostrataat 1485 meters depth on Yakutat Seamount. Such high points attract a variety oflife forms including brittle stars, deep sea shrimp, and cup corals as seen here.
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A hermit crab crawls along the sediment with an anemone hitching a ride. Theseanemones live on the shells of the hermit crabs as they are moved about andmaximize the chances of acquiring food. The anemones stinging cells on theother hand provide pr
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A stalked golden crinoid attached to a rock outcrop.
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A translucent purple sea cucumber (holothurian)
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A pink branched 'bottlebrush' black coral shares a knoll with feather-like,orange black corals (Bathypathes), large yellow sponges, and a stalked glasssponge. The knoll provides a good substrate for sponges and corals to grow on.
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A pink branched 'bottlebrush' black coral shares a knoll with feather-like,orange black corals (Bathypathes), large yellow sponges, and a stalked glasssponge. The knoll provides a good substrate for sponges and corals to grow on.
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