Take a closer look at this.
Looks like a sea spider, pycnogonid, seen a few of these on the expedition thus far.
But now we are looking at the pycnogonids proboscis.
Looks like it's extended but maybe not in contact with the rock.
I can't quite tell.
I don't know, looks like something gelatinous there.
Could be feeding on.
Maybe a cup coral.
It's a cup coral.
Oh my goodness.
It's eating the cup coral.
I can see the tentacles now.
Just sticking it's proboscis in the cup coral and slurping it up.
I've seen them eating hydroids.
I've seen them eating small gelatinous plankton.
I've seen them on branched octocorals eating corals, but I've haven't ever seen pycnogonids
or sea spider eating cup corals.
A new connection in the food web for sure.