gorgonian

A red gorgonian from the Coral Garden. The eight tiny tentacles on each polyp place this group of corals in the Octocorallia. You may also see an anemone attached to the coral and a small galatheid crab in the background. Image courtesy of AquaPix, Ian MacDonald, Expedition to the Deep Slope.

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