COLD WATER CORALS REEFS

 Out of Sight - No Longer Out of Mind

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Acesta
 
Acesta
(The large clam Acesta excavata, a common member of the Norwegian Lophelia-associated community)
 
Munida
 
Munida Fish
(One of the most common squat-lobsters, Munida)

             
Anemone
 
Anemone
(Two anemones (Protanthea simplex) thriving in the coral framework)

 
Munida Fight
 
Munida Fish Fight
(A meeting of squat lobsters)
             
Anthothelia4
 
Anthothela
(The octocoral Anthothela grandiflora)
 
Pecten
 
Pecten (Swimming clam (Chlamys) in the reef with an anemone (Protanthea simplex) in the background)
             
Coral Rubble5
 
Coral Rubble
(a major subhabitat, the coral rubble aprons)
 
Reef Top14
 

Reef Top (Top of a Lophelia reef)

             
Lumbfish
 
Lumbfish
(The lumbfish (Brosme brosme) searching for food in the coral reef)
 
Rotten Geodia
 
Rotten Geodia (A rotten Geodia sponge is grazed by a starfish)
             
Monkfish4
 
Monkfish
(An annoyed monkfish (Lophius))
 
Sebastes
 
Sebastes (A redfish (Sebastes) in the reef)