Brisingid Seastar (Novodinia antillensis)

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Description: 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 Read more about the expedition (Original source: National Ocean Service Image Gallery). Date: 5 January 2012, 09:51. Source: Brisingid Seastar. Author: NOAA's National Ocean Service. Permission(Reusing this file): : This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page. The Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by an Volunteer Response Team (VRT) member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2014091910006014. If you have questions about the archived correspondence, please use the OTRS noticeboard. Ticket link: https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2014091910006014. Camera location16° 19′ 12.5″ N, 86° 29′ 52.77″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 16.320139; -86.497993.