Coral communities are important habitat for a wide variety of organisms. This primnoid coral was observed hosting many caridean shrimp at 795 meters (2,608 feet) depth during the ninth dive of the 2023 Shakedown + EXPRESS West Coast Exploration expedition.
Coral Community
Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2023 Shakedown + EXPRESS: West Coast Exploration. Download larger version (jpg, 1.19 MB).

Coral communities are important habitat for a wide variety of organisms. This primnoid coral was observed hosting many caridean shrimp at 795 meters (2,608 feet) depth during the ninth dive of the 2023 Shakedown + EXPRESS West Coast Exploration expedition.