NOAA Corps Officers of the Ronald Brown On this project we have encountered many species of invertebrates living together on the steep canyon walls. Here an octopus, basket star, bivalves, and dozens of cup coral all share the same overhang. The cup corals are Desmophyllum, one of the species targeted by geneticists for taxonomic study. The new NOAA ROV is lifted into the water Close-up of a crinoid attached to bubblegum coral (Paragorgia). Image courtesy of Deepwater Canyons 2013 - Pathways to the Abyss, NOAA-OER/BOEM/USGS. A spider crab seen on the mussel bed at 1,600 meters. Image courtesy of Deepwater Canyons 2013 - Pathways to the Abyss, NOAA-OER/BOEM/USGS.
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