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January 10, 2021: Shrimp

Close-up view of a shrimp on a mound of Lophelia coral rubble seen during a shallow dive in the Gulf of Mexico along the West Florida Escarpment at a site characterized by a number of bioherms or mounds built by marine invertebrates..

Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Gulf of Mexico 2014 Expedition. Download larger version (jpg, 1.4 MB).

Close-up view of a shrimp on a mound of Lophelia coral rubble seen during a shallow dive in the Gulf of Mexico along the West Florida Escarpment at a site characterized by a number of bioherms or mounds built by marine invertebrates.

Learn more about deep-sea crustaceans of the Gulf of Mexico in this mission log.