Description Phanopathes expansa, 80-115 m Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico.
Photograph courtesy of NOAA-FGBNMS/UNCW-UVP. Identifications by D. Opresko. For more information see: Opresko DM, Nuttall MF, Hickerson EL (2016). Black corals of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science 2016(1): 47-67.Author NOAA-FGBNMS/UNCW-UVPJPG file - 919.78 kB - 1 791 x 1 171 pixelsadded on 2017-03-30527 viewsDeep-Sea taxaDigital photo, entire speciesPhanopathes expansa (Opresko & Cairns, 1992)checked Molodtsova, Tina 2020-05-12