Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones: New England and Corner Rise Seamounts.Download larger version (jpg, 912 KB).
This beautiful Venus flytrap anemone was observed perched high on the branches of a bamboo coral at a depth of 2,766 meters (9,075 feet) during Dive 12 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition.