Description Carijoa riisei, 62 m Roughtongue Reef, Gulf of Mexico.
Photograph courtesy of NOAA-USGS-Deep Sea Systems International. Identifications by P. Etnoyer et al. For more information see supplementary material in: Etnoyer PJ, Wickes LN, Silva M, Dubick JD, Balthis L, Salgado E, MacDonald IR (2016). Decline in condition of gorgonian octocorals on mesophotic reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico: before and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Coral Reefs 35: 77-90.Author NOAA-USGS-Deep Sea Systems InternationalJPG file - 345.93 kB - 1 330 x 1 125 pixelsadded on 2017-03-16853 viewsDeep-Sea taxaDigital photo, entire speciesCarijoa riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License