Submarine Canyon Coral Community (IMAGE)

Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean

Submarine Canyon Coral Community

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Octocorals, cup corals, and anemones share a rock at 1,459 meters depth in Hendrickson Canyon, off the state of New Jersey.

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Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Our Deepwater Backyard: Exploring Atlantic Canyons and Seamounts.

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