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This brightly colored Anthomastus octocoral was observed attached to a rock while exploring an unnamed seamount within the OSPAR Mid-Atlantic Ridge North of the Azores marine protected area during the first dive of the second Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition at a depth of 772 meters (2,533 feet).
