A delicate, soft coral garden has been found near Greenland at a depth of 1,600 feet underwater — where the pressures is 50 times greater than at the surface. Experts from the UK and Greenland made the discovery — the first of its kind to have been seen in the region — using an innovative and low-cost deep-sea video camera. The gardens are typically made of coral species that do not form reefs, he explained — and the newly discovered example featuring mainly cauliflower corals, with feather stars, sponges, anemones, brittle stars and jellyfish-like 'hydrozoans'. 'There is considerable diversity among coral garden communities, which have previously been observed in areas such as northwest and southeast Iceland,' he said. The gardens are typically made of coral species that do not form reefs, he explained — and the newly discovered example features cauliflower corals, feather stars, sponges, anemones and brittle stars.

Source: Daily Mail June 29, 2020 11:59 UTC