A corallium that is nearly completely overgrown by zooanthid (another type of cnidarian) and a brittlestar living in association. This particular species of coral is not commercially harvested, but is in the precious coral group that is often commercially harvested for jewelry at shallower depths
Dive 03: St. Rogatien Rift
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana. Download image (jpg, 1.7 MB).

A corallium that is nearly completely overgrown by zooanthid (another type of cnidarian) and a brittlestar living in association. This particular species of coral is not commercially harvested, but is in the precious coral group that is often commercially harvested for jewelry at shallower depths

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