Photograph of deep-sea coral and a squat lobster on the West Florida Shelf at a depth of 550 meters. The photograph was taken during a 2014 expedition in an area that is currently being considered for designation as a habitat area of particular concern by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.
Coral and Squat Lobster
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2014. Download larger version (jpg, 1.6 MB).

Photograph of deep-sea coral and a squat lobster on the West Florida Shelf at a depth of 550 meters. The photograph was taken during a 2014 expedition in an area that is currently being considered for designation as a habitat area of particular concern by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.

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