Boulders covered in soft coral

NIWA DTIS Camera

At the summit of a small hill feature on SE Iselin Bank (722m) large boulders covered in soft coral (Alcyoniidae), the snake star Astrotoma agassizii, Ophiacantha pentactis brittle stars, orange zoanthids, barnacles Bathylasma corolliforme and numerous dead barnacle plates forming the substrate.