ON THE COVER. A team aboard E/V Nautilus
recovers ROV Hercules after a dive in the
Southern California Borderland in November
2020 (NA124). Image credit: Ocean Exploration
Trust/Nautilus Live
A variety of life, including corals and a very
rare Astrosarkus (commonly called a "pumpkin
star"), cling to a scarp face at 120 m depth found
during one of Schmidt Ocean Institute's expe-
ditions near Lihou Reef in the Coral Sea Marine
Park. This occurrence of the pumpkin star is a
substantial range extension to what has been
known. Image credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute