Highlights: 00:06:30 Chimaera Hydrolagus cf. affinis & Bolocera anemone 00:12:15 Fish 00:36:20 ROV collects sea pen 02:02:00 Anglerfish - Lophius piscatorius 02:03:05 Anglerfish - Lophius piscatorius & cerianthid anemones 02:04:45 Trawl marks

The substrate is mainly soft sediment with occasional pebble fields, stones and boulders. Sea pen and xenophyophore aggregations occur on the canyon floor, on the canyon flank the fauna is characterised largely by anemones. Large numbers of Epizoanthus pagurophilus are present and the occasional hormathiid anemone; patches of the small clypeasterid echinoid, or sea biscuit, are noted. Fish species include eel-like fish, grenadiers and a black scabbard; burrows occupied by cf. Nephrops sp. are observed. Trawl marks are in evidence here, indicating historic fishing activity; where trawl marks occur the absence of xenophyophores and sea pens is noted.

START VIDEO [00:00:00]/07:24 [1] mud and fairly dense xenophyophores (Syringammina fragilissima), ROV comes off bottom and turns disturbing sediment, view obscured or partial. [00:02:00] moving forward partial views due to low vis. [00:05:00] vis clears up. [00:24:00] [2] continued mud, now sea pens dominate (Pennatula aculeata) amongst other epifauna, especially burrowing anemones and urchins. Periodic sparse cobbles or boulders, not enough to form a separate biotope. [00:55:00]-[00:56:00] stopped. [01:00:00] [3] Burrowing anemones become dominant, mixed cerianthids, Actinauge richardi and others. Mud with scattered/sparse pebbles/cobbles. many trawl marks. [01:17:00] [4] Aggregations of pink echinoids (OTU194) mosaic with continued burrowing anemones. [01:20:00] [5] Burrowing anemones, now with more Actinidae sp. (OTU41) along with Ceriantharia, [01:33:00]-[01:36:00] sparse fauna and trawl marks. [01:36:00] continued burrowing anemones, hermit crabs with associated Epizoanthus sp . abundant. [01:46:00] scattered pebbles and more Pachycerianthus multiplicatus, many trawl marks. [02:06:00] Stopped for pushcore sampling until END VIDEO [02:14:00]/09:39.