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Deep and Stony
Category: Coral • Critters • Instant Anthozoa • TGIF: Pictures & Movies
Posted on: April 27, 2008 12:24 PM, by CR McClain
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Man that one looks so familiar! I love that brilliant (often blowing out the video) yellow.
Enallopsammia got a featured cameo as one of the highlight animals (colony) from the 2005 Deep Atlantic Stepping Stones mission being used Monday to discuss deep sea fishing effects and promoted deep sea conservation issues.
Posted by: Eric | April 27, 2008 1:36 PM
Like this Enallopsammia for the color, too, but also because its a stony coral growing in the sea fan shape of a gorgonian. Do we know the depth and location of the image?
Posted by: Peter J | April 27, 2008 8:00 PM
I'll check on Wednesday if NURC has the shot logs available. I believe it is on the Manning Sea Mount though so it would be @ 60°40'W, 38°10'N and somewhere in excess of 1500m deep.
Posted by: Eric | April 28, 2008 8:30 PM