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The brightly colored brisingid seastar Novodinia antillensis is fairly common near 500 meters (1,640 feet) depth in Roatan, Honduras.

In 2010 and 2011, a NOAA-led team of researchers explored the deep Meso-American Reef off Roatan, Honduras, as part of a multi-year expedition called 'Deep Coral and Associated Species Taxonomy and Ecology', or DeepCAST. The goal of DeepCAST is to estimate deep-sea coral abundance and diversity; and to discern the nature of the relationship between host corals and their associated species. The primary reasons we study deep-sea corals are because they provide habitat to other species of fish, sea stars, shrimp and crabs; and they grow very slowly, so they are vulnerable to bottom contact fishing gear.

Credit: NOAA DeepCAST I Expedition

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Camera location16° 19′ 12.5″ N, 86° 29′ 52.77″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Velcro sea star (Novodinia antillensis)

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