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: Black corals often resemble bushes or trees. Their living tissue can be one of several colors. It’s the skeleton that is black.
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Black Corals of the Deep

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a deep sea coral
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Deep Sea Coral

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Bright bubblegum coral sits on a brown, hard substrate.
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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers

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a deep-sea submersible
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Submersible Collects Deep-Sea Corals

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different kinds of deep sea corals
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Aleutian Islands Deep-Sea Corals

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Science in a Time of Crisis: Assessing the Impacts

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A variety of corals cling to Manning Seamount, just off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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Seamounts, A Deep-Sea Habitat

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This new species of lobster (Dinochelus ausubeli) is blind and has bizarre claws. It was discovered about 300 meters (984 feet) deep in the Philippine Sea by a Census of Marine Life expedition.
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Deep Ocean Diversity Slideshow

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A deep sea crab (Rochinia crassa) poses with sea fan (Callogorgia spp.) and coral (Lophelia pertusa) on large carbonate boulder.
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Oil Invades Coral Communities of the Deep

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a stack of plates covered in algae on a reef
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What is DROP?

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Illustration from video showing Zack and Molly in a deep sea submersible.
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The Adventures of Zack and Molly: Part 2

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Andrea sits in front of a laptop and huge dashboard of sensors with a headset on.
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Dr. Andrea Quattrini

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