The “fuzzy trees” mystery creatures living on recently-dead Lophelia coral at about 2,500 feet in depth off Canaveral Pinnacle #151. They are being “blown” by a current that was running at about ¾ of a knot. The second part of this video clip shows a feather star, also known as an unstalked crinoid, on Lophelia coral.

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