A large (2 m high) specimen of iridogorgia n. sp. from Kelvin seamount. Note how the central stem of the colony is flexible to allow it to bend in the current. Image courtesy of the Mountains in the Sea Research Team, URI/IAO, IFE, and NOAA.
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