An asteroschematid snake star coiled among the branches of a small plexaurid octocoral, and surrounded by the spiny arms of large Novodinia brisingid sea stars on a craggy carbonate pinnacle discovered during Dive 13 at Tunica Mound at a depth of 401 meters (1,315 feet).
Snake Star
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2017.
An asteroschematid snake star coiled among the branches of a small plexaurid octocoral, and surrounded by the spiny arms of large Novodinia brisingid sea stars on a craggy carbonate pinnacle discovered during Dive 13 at Tunica Mound at a depth of 401 meters (1,315 feet). Download larger version (jpg, 1.9 MB).
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