Biodiversity
Introduction > Porifera > Cnidaria > Polychaeta > Crustacea > Mollusca > Bryozoa > Echinodermata
Cold-water coral reefs provide a home for many other animals and they are among the most diverse ecosystems in the ocean - so far over 1300 species have been found with cold-water corals in the NE Atlantic alone and specialists often discover new species that have never been described before.
Here we look at a few examples of the major animal groups (or Phyla) found living on cold-water coral reefs. Click the images below for more information and follow the Go Deeper links for more pictures:
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