Incredible Calyptrophora Coral Colony | Nautilus Live

Various shades of yellow, white, and pink swirl in this stunning coral garden, witnessed on an unnamed guyot northwest of Kingman Reef at around 1,200m deep. Spot the over 1 meter wide white Calyptrophora sp. surrounded by small yellow paramuriceid colonies, capped by many armed basket stars, tangled up with other associates like feather stars and brittle stars. Deep sea corals like this massive fan offer food, places to hide from predators, nurseries for juveniles, and a solid vertical surface where other invertebrates can take hold. This rocky outcropping is prime real estate for flow feeders as the coral garden sits perpendicular to the heavy current, visible in the waving coral branches as planktonic particles drift by.

NA149 expedition brings us back to the waters in and around the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. Further explorations of these areas are urgently needed to address the management and science needs of the region as a monument management plan is under development and a national marine sanctuary has been proposed encompassing this site. Exploration goals are to gather a better understanding of the deep-water natural and cultural resources here, biogeographic patterns of species distributions, and the geological context of the region.

[earkittycat]

I always loved deepsea coral reefs. They're so magical!

[nicoleleos]

I want this as a photograph on my wall

[FlyTyer]

Amazing to see those animals at such a depth. Lovely. Is there any theory about what is the purpose of the different colors when they are too deep for sunlight?

[suzettecalleja]

Did anyone take the measurements of the white coral to see how wide it was.
I felt like singing Under The Sea, from the, "Little Mermaid".😊 Or Ringo's, "Octopus Garden".❤ The whole thing looked magical. It would make a great photo, a large one.

[LaSerpentDEden]

I hope one day to support as many associates and friends as that one primnoid 😂🤭 its its own ecosystem!!

[CHANNELXP]

You guys Rock 😂, we watch this all day, much better than normal TV ✌️🎮..

[oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[eliseolopez]

Rivers produce nutrient flow making coral reefs explode with life and colors as a rain forest

[sharg]

How evil, ending with a cliffhanger about its age and not give the slightest clue.
And as others asked, what about sizes.
I so wish these clips would dive a tad deeper giving more basic information to those of us that aren't marine biologists.