Close-up of a bamboo coral with an ophiuroid brittle star intertwining its arms around the branches of the colony. The photo was taken at 507 m depth off the SW tip of Ni’ihau.
Brittle Star with Bamboo Coral
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana. Download larger version (jpg, 1.3 MB).

Close-up of a bamboo coral with an ophiuroid brittle star intertwining its arms around the branches of the colony. The photo was taken at 507 m depth off the SW tip of Ni’ihau.

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