This vibrant red crinoid was imaged during the Discovering the Deep: Exploring Remote Pacific Marine Protected Areas expedition, while exploring at approximately 1,200 m depth on an unnamed seamount in the Tokelau Seamount Chain within the Phoenix Islands Protected Area. Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration. You can share your own amazing images through the Round-Up here.
This week: Deep-sea mining is back in focus as the ISA begins its 30th Council meeting and Assembly, plus all the usual cool stuff too!
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