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Errina fissurata - close-up

Peter Marriott

The deepsea coral Errina fissurata, collected from the Eastern Ross Sea shelf, from 321 m, during the IPY-CAML 2008 Ross Sea voyage. This image shows pin prick-sized pores on the branches of the Errina fissurata colony.