Deep-Sea Images

Description Swiftia exserta, 64 m Roughtongue 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 International JPG file - 512.48 kB - 1 499 x 1 017 pixels added on 2017-03-161 132 viewsDeep-Sea taxaDigital photo, entire species Swiftia exserta (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

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