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Corallimorph

While corallimorphs are usually found on rocks, this one was seen hanging out on a demosponge during Dive 07 of the 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration. Occasionally mistaken for anemones, corallimorphs are related to both anemones and stony corals and share characteristics with both.

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Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration.