A red Paragorgia coral - being overgrown by a yellow zoanthid.

A red Paragorgia coral being overgrown by a yellow zoanthid (a colonial anemone), with sponges on a wall at 1,650 m (5,413 ft) depth on the Bahama Escarpment. Image courtesy of Bahamas Deep-Sea Coral Expedition Science Party, NOAA-OE.

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