A coral complex from Manning Seamount

A coral complex from Manning Seamount featuring the octocoral Candidella imbricata, and the hard corals Lophelia pertusa and Desmophyllum cristagalli, the latter in both living and fossil forms. Image courtesy of the Mountains in the Sea Research Team, URI/IAO, IFE, and NOAA.

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