深水珊瑚林
汪品先

Deep-Sea Coral Forest
Pinxian Wang
图7 竹节珊瑚
(a) 南海不分枝的竹节珊瑚; (b) 南海海山上分枝的竹节珊瑚(周怀阳提供);(c) 竹节珊瑚上端的活珊瑚虫;(d) 竹节珊瑚下部碳酸盐的干、枝,由暗色的珊瑚硬蛋白分成竹节状(c,d选自网页)
Fig.7 Bamboo coral
(a) Un-branched bamboo coral in the South China Sea; (b) Branched bamboo coral found on a deep-water sea-mount of South China Sea (provided by Zhou Huaiyang); (c) Living polyps at the upper part of a bamboo coral; (d) Carbonate trunks and branches of bamboo corals, divided by dark proteinic gorgonian into bamboo-like pattern (photos in c and d from the internet)