Predation
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana.
This bamboo coral (
Calcaxonia, Primnoidae) has had its right side eaten by this sea star (
Evoplosoma sp.) at about 1,510 meters (4,955 feet) on “Pierpoint” Seamount.
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