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A large galathaeid crab sits on a gold coral tree. Galathaeids are one of the larger and more abundant invertebrates we find in association with deep-sea corals.
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Credit
Amy Baco-Taylor; Thomas Shirley; pilots T. Kerby and M. Cremer; and NOAA