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Bright colours in deep places

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Description

Seamounts provide hard, elevated and current-swept habitats that create a hotspot of species diversity and abundance. Here sea stars, feather stars, soft corals, glass sponges and sea urchins live among a thicket of stony corals and sea whips (1106 metres depth).

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