Several colonies of the hydroid Hydrodendron gorgonoide extend from a rock at 566 m depth off the SW tip of Ni’ihau. Two squat lobsters can be seen in their branches.
Hydroid
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana. Download larger version (jpg, 1.7 MB).

Several colonies of the hydroid Hydrodendron gorgonoide extend from a rock at 566 m depth off the SW tip of Ni’ihau. Two squat lobsters can be seen in their branches.

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