Deep-Sea Sponges and Corals (IMAGE)

Wiley

Deep-Sea Sponges and Corals

Caption

A dense assemblage of deep-sea sponges and corals includes the large orange primnoid sea fan (Primnoa spp.) (taken on a seamount on the Macquarie Ridge).

Credit

Should be credited to NIWA (New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.)

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