A purple sea cucumber seen on the seafloor surrounded by brittle stars. We observed several of these large stands of brittle stars covering rocks and nodules during Dive 17 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition.
Purple Sea Cucumber
Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones: New England and Corner Rise Seamounts. Download larger version (jpg, 1.6 MB).

A purple sea cucumber seen on the seafloor surrounded by brittle stars. We observed several of these large stands of brittle stars covering rocks and nodules during Dive 17 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition.

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