The dominant communities providing structural habitat at Pulley Ridge are coralline algae and hard coral.
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems
Image courtesy of John Reed using the University of Connecticut’s Kraken remotely operated vehicle. Download larger version (jpg, 307 KB).

Figure 2. The dominant communities providing structural habitat at Pulley Ridge are coralline algae (thin pink plates) and hard coral (brown plates are Agaricia sp.).

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