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New species of deep-sea coral - Gersemia juliepackardae

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A new species of nephtheid soft coral inhabiting the northeast Pacific Ocean is described from samples collected using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and a benthic trawl. The new species, Gersemia juliepackardae, is named in honor of Julie Packard, Executive Director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/146818

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  • Wish I could do Marine Biology... would be so awesome haha this kinda stuff intrigues me to no end... It sucks how hard it is to get a job :( and Canada isn't too great for it :P it'd be extremely expensive to go to school in the US

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  • Oh no he kidnapped it 

  • Yes that`s what i thought.

    Nephthiids have non-retractile polyps right?

    i ask because i recall reading something about this once before, it said the polyps cannot retract completely as in sinularia. Or is that just specific genera of them?

  • upon cursory viewing it looks like a dendronephthya of some kind. Is it? Its quite beautiful.

  • Cool footage

  • Very cool.

  • :) I donno why, the ocean and dinosaurs intrigue me.. I guess it's the unknown almost haha..

  • Good to hear from a like-minded.

  • awesome!

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