Black corals (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

Black corals

Caption

Black corals at 70 metres depth off the island of Lanzarote,Spain (A), come in a variety of shapes: Here the whip-like Stichopathes sp. (B) and the branched Antipathella wollastoni (C).

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(A) Fernando Espino Rodríguez, (B-C ) Mathilde Godefroid

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