Thouarella brevispino

Close up of the polyps of a specimen of Thouarella (Thouarella) brevispinosa Wright & Studer, 1889 and an associated anemone clinging to its branches, from a seamount at 1060 m deep on Macquarie Ridge. [Credit: Julian Finn, Museum Victoria. NIWA Seamounts & CSIRO Biodiversity Voyages of Discovery research programmes.]