Description Hypnogorgia pendula, 72 m Alabama Alps 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 - 395.77 kB - 1 498 x 999 pixelsadded on 2017-03-16910 viewsDeep-Sea taxaDigital photo, entire speciesHypnogorgia pendula Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864