Description Chrysogorgia sp., 1049 m Gulf of Mexico.
Photograph courtesy of Lophelia II Reefs, Rigs, and Wrecks, BOEM-NOAA-OER. Identification by A. Quattrini. For more information see: Brooks JM, Fisher C, Roberts H, Cordes E, Baums I, Bernard B, Church R, Etnoyer P, German C, Goehring E, McDonald I, Roberts H, Shank T, Warren D, Welsh S, Wolff G, Weaver D (2015). Exploration and research of northern Gulf of Mexico deepwater natural and artificial hard-bottom habitats with emphasis on coral communities: Reefs, rigs, and wrecks—“Lophelia II” Appendices. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study BOEM 2016-022. 711 p.Author BOEM-NOAA-OERJPG file - 48.84 kB - 438 x 458 pixelsadded on 2017-06-131 601 viewsERMS taxaDigital photo, entire speciesChrysogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License
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