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 This is the deep sea coral, Madrepora occulata, which came up in the rock dredge from 800 meters depth. This coral forms large reefs in the deep oceans, but unlike shallow corals doesn’t need sunlight to live. Pencil is for scale.


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This is the deep sea coral, Madrepora occulata, which came up in the rock dredge from 800 meters depth. This coral forms large reefs in the deep oceans, but unlike shallow corals doesn’t need sunlight to live. Pencil is for scale.

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