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Dive 19 GFOE Highlight: Caught Red Handed

During Dive 19 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones, scientists were surprised to see this sea urchin in the genus Echinus apparently munching its way up the length of a bamboo whip coral, as these urchins were not previously known to be predators of these corals.

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Video courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones: New England and Corner Rise Seamounts