Thicket of bamboo corals on a rock ridge with rippled carbonate sand on both sides. The corals are habitat for crinoids, brittle stars, and squat lobster.
Bamboo Coral Thicket
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Mountains in the Deep: Exploring the Central Pacific Basin. Download larger version (jpg, 3.3 MB).

Thicket of Bamboo Corals on a rock ridge with rippled carbonate sand on both sides. The corals are habitat for crinoids, brittle stars, and squat lobster.

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