Description Placogorgia rudis, 68 m Alabama Alps Reef, Gulf of Mexico.
Photograph courtesy of NOAA-USGS-Deep Sea Systems International. Identifications by P. Etnoyer et al. For more information see supplementary material in: Etnoyer PJ, Wickes LN, Silva M, Dubick JD, Balthis L, Salgado E, MacDonald IR (2016). Decline in condition of gorgonian octocorals on mesophotic reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico: before and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Coral Reefs 35: 77-90.Author NOAA-USGS-Deep Sea Systems InternationalJPG file - 362.77 kB - 1 319 x 877 pixelsadded on 2017-03-16592 viewsDeep-Sea taxaDigital photo, entire speciesPlacogorgia rudis Deichmann, 1936 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License