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Octocorals (Callogorgia sp. and Narella sp.) flank a yellow gorgonian, Acanthogorgia striata


Two octocorals (Callogorgia sp. and Narella sp.) flank a yellow gorgonian (Acanthogorgia striata) at 355 me depth near Hawaii. Callogorgia sp. (left) is documented in our study area. Narella sp. (right) is documented in the Gulf of Mexico, but not in our study area. Photo courtesy of Hawaii Undersea Research Lab, via Dr. Scott France’s Web site at the University of Charleston.


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