A coral atop one of highest points within the site showing still living coral tissue mostly encompassed by a brittle seastar with other branches lacking tissue and feeding polyps covered with brown flocculent material.
 Flocculent Material
Image courtesy of Lophelia II 2010, NOAA OER and BOEMRE. Download image (jpg, 90 KB).

A coral atop one of highest points within the site showing still living coral tissue mostly encompassed by a brittle seastar with other branches lacking tissue and feeding polyps covered with brown flocculent material.