A Lophelia pertusa colony at 390 meters depth in the DeSoto Canyon region.
Lophelia pertusa
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico Expedition 2012. Download larger version (jpg, 428 KB).

A Lophelia pertusa colony at 390 meters depth in the DeSoto Canyon region. Lasers are visible at the bottom center of the screen, 10 centimeters apart. They indicate that this colony is 60 centimeters across.

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