 Dives have revealed that the volcano is heavily encrusted in sea life of various forms, including sea stars, corals, king crabs, demersal rockfish, and other species.Patton Seamount was created by the Cobb hotspot, and it lies in the Cobb–Eickelberg Seamount chain.The Cobb chain is unusual in that it is not one individual volcanic chain, but a mosaic of many, created by several hotspots that now lie along the western coast of North America.