Living cold-water coral (Lophelia pertusa) with a large red crab (Eumunida picta) and a sea urchin (Echinus tylodes) just below. Photo taken from Johson Sea Link, Dive 4695 off North Carolina at 413 m. Photo by S.W. Ross, K. Sulak, M. Nizinski with partial support for their deep-coral research from NOAA Ocean Exploration and US Geological Survey.

Living cold-water coral (Lophelia pertusa) with a large red crabs (Eumunida picta), sea urchins (Echinus tylodes), and a Conger eel (Conger oceanicus). Photo taken from Johson Sea Link, Dive 3431 off North Carolina at 384 m. Photo by S.W. Ross, K. Sulak, M. Nizinski with partial support for their deep-coral research from NOAA Ocean Exploration and US Geological Survey.