Normally the remotely operated vehicle <em>Deep Discoverer</em> images brittle stars along the seafloor on in the branches of corals, as seen in these images from the Windows to the Deep 2018 expedition. During the first dive of this expedition, the scientists had a rare sighting of a ophiuroid swimming.
Brittle Star
Image courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, Windows to the Deep 2018. Download larger version (jpg, 563 KB).
Normally the remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer images brittle stars along the seafloor or in the branches of corals, as seen in these images from the Windows to the Deep 2018 expedition. During the first dive of this expedition, the scientists had a rare sighting of an ophiuroid swimming.
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