Mid-Atlantic Corals (IMAGE)

Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean

Mid-Atlantic Corals

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Deep sea corals are common in Mid-Atlantic submarine canyons. Here, octocorals, cup corals, and anemones share a rock at 1,459 meters depth in Hendrickson Canyon off the coast of New Jersey.

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NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Our Deepwater Backyard: Exploring Atlantic Canyons and Seamounts.

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