Biodiversity
Cold-water coral reefs provide a home for many other animals and they are among the most diverse ecosystems in the ocean – more than 1300 species have been found living amongst 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 some animals commonly found living among cold-water corals. Click the images below for more information and follow the Go Deeper links for more pictures: