A Hungry Sea Star
Video courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones: New England and Corner Rise Seamounts Download largest version (mp4, 49.4 MB).

During Dive 11 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expeditions, scientists observed this sea star, Sthenaster emmae, feeding on a whip coral in the genus Calyptophora at a depth of 1,219 meters (4,000 feet).

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