A tiny pink brittlestar with a central disk of about .5 inch. Image captured August 5, 2010 by the Little Hercules ROV at 725 meters depth on a new seamount mapped by Baruna Jaya IV during the INDEX SATAL 2010 Expedition.
Pink Brittlestar
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010. Download larger version (jpg, 1.9 MB).
A tiny pink brittlestar with a central disk of about .5 inch. Image captured August 5, 2010 by the Little Hercules ROV at 725 meters depth on a new seamount mapped by Baruna Jaya IV during the INDEX SATAL 2010 Expedition.