The Alvin submersible dives on the New England Seamount chain found plentiful coral colonys of whip coral, parasol coral, and beautiful spiraling Iridogorgia. These coral collections are made up of hundreds of tiny polyps, arranged in precise geometric patterns. Video courtesy of Les Watling, Mountains in the Sea Exploration, NOAA-OE.
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This is the second in a series of five referenced articles about shared characteristics between deep and shallow water corals
This just out from NOAA:
Coral is a polyphyletic term for polypoid animals in the cnidarian classes Anthozoa and Hydrozoa that secrete either 1) a black, horn like proteinaceous axis or 2) carbonate skeletal material in the form of either a) continuous skeleton or b) an assemblage of microscopic, individual sclerites (Ca
That must be pretty interesting. Too bad there ain't no video attached to this post... I don't think it's a technical problem on my site.
That must be pretty interesting. Too bad there ain't no video attached to this post... I don't think it's a technical problem on my side.
Sounds good, but may we have the site where we can see and download video.
Many thanks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QLuqwhgPkM
Try this, or go to YouTube, search "oceanexplorer" and look for the Mountains in the Sea 2003 video.