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Two years after being covered in an oil substance, from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, deep-sea corals were colonized by hydroids and their branches began to break off.

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Floc On Gulf Coral

December 2014

A deep sea crab (Rochinia crassa) poses with sea fan (Callogorgia spp.) and coral (Lophelia pertusa) on large carbonate boulder.

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Deep-sea Coral In the Gulf of Mexico

December 2014

A brittle star clings to the branches of a deep sea coral

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A Brittle Star May Be a Coral’s Best Friend

August 2017

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