Detail of a coral, Metallogorgia melanotrichos, with its associate, the brittle star Ophiocreas oedipus, seen during Dive 06 of the third Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition.
Coral with Brittle Star
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Detail of a coral, Metallogorgia melanotrichos, with its associate, the brittle star Ophiocreas oedipus, seen during Dive 06 of the third Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition.