Florian Graner / Mixed cold water corals, Trondheimsfjord, Norway {Lophelia pertusa} {Paragorgia arborea} {Paramurica placata}

Solvin Zankl / GEOMAR / Coral (Paragorgia arborea) Trondheimfjord, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway. Photo taken in cooperation with GEOMAR coldwater coral research project

Solvin Zankl / GEOMAR / Coral (Paragorgia arborea) Trondheimfjord, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway. Photo taken in cooperation with GEOMAR coldwater coral research project

Solvin Zankl / GEOMAR / Gorgonacea species (Paragorgia placomus) from Trondheimfjord, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway . Photo taken in cooperation with GEOMAR coldwater coral research project

Solvin Zankl / GEOMAR / Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea) with basket star (Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae) with a live coral (Lophelia pertusa), reef in Trondheimfjord, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway . Photo taken in coopera...

Solvin Zankl / GEOMAR / Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea) with basket star (Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae) on the live Lophelia pertusa reef in Trondheimfjord, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway . Photo taken in cooperation wit...

Solvin Zankl / GEOMAR / View of Coral Reef (Lophelia pertusa) with prominent gorgonian coral colonies (Paragorgia arborea) taken from German research submersible JAGO, Trondheimfjord, Norway, Atlantic Ocean, Norway . Photo...

David Shale / Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia sp) with Snake brittlestar (Euryalida sp), from coral seamount, SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean, December 2011

Florian Graner / Cold water Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia sp) feeding at night, with Basket star (Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae), Norway

Florian Graner / Cold water corals (Lophelia perfusa) and (Paragorgia arborea) Norway

Florian Graner / Cold water coral {Paragorgia arborea} feeding with polyps open, Trondheimsfjord, Norway