This pink coral observed at ~1,654 meters depth on on Mendelssohn Seamount had a base approximately 18 centimeters wide, indicating a particularly old colony.
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This pink coral observed at ~1,654 meters depth on on Mendelssohn Seamount had a base approximately 18 centimeters wide, indicating a particularly old colony.