The biodiversity of Lophelia pertusa bioherms in the North Atlantic rivals the diversity of a shallow water tropical reef. More than 800 associated species have been documented in association.
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Global hotspots of deep coral diversity
One of the central questions in marine biogeography asks “why are there more species of fish and coral in the Indo-Pacific than anywhere else in the world?”
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