Highlights: 00:18:42 Demosponge - Cliona sp. 01:21:45 Fish on Lophelia 02:17:08 Antipatharian coral & orange roughy 02:51:32 Anglerfish - Lophius piscatorius 02:52:09 Crab - Chaceon affinis

Initially the substrate is soft sediment with an abundance of xenophyophores and the bamboo coral, Acanella arbuscula; black coral species Bathypathes sp. and Leiopathes sp. are also present. However, with the exception of a single clump of Madrepora oculata, no living stony coral is observed. A single juvenile Pheronema carpenteri is present at the beginning of the dive. Fish are abundant here with orange roughy, ling and sharks observed. A large amount of dead coral is evident towards the end of the dive.

START VIDEO A [00:00:00]/03:00 [1] (after working with a GoPro for ROV beauty shots) Start at a transition point between an area with cup corals and a boulder into fields of xenophyophores with Acanella arbuscula on mud with rare pebbles. [00:15:00]-[00:28:00] stop for imagery and the sampling of two sponges (one rock boring, and one globose). [00:45:00] increasing pebbles and gravel. [00:47:00] sampling Pheronema carpenteri (only a couple spotted on this dive). [00:57:00] [2] an area of denser pebbles, and sparse protruding bedrock/boulders hosts sparse mixed corals and small lamellate sponges. [00:58:00] [3] return to mud/sand and pebbles with Xenophyophores and Acanella. [01:06:00] increasing coral gravel. [01:15:00] increasing coral rubble (larger chunks) until [01:16:00] [4] mixed corals, sparse at first, including [01:18:51] Paramuricea sp. , a pink sparse-branching gorgonian (OTU307). [01:19:00] sloping carbonate/broken carbonate underlies the coral rubble. [01:20:44] a dense area of Jasonisis sp. [01:23:00] [5] summit of the first carbonate mound covered in even coral rubble/gravel with no visible epifauna, likely trawled. The ROV starts moving downhill with only partial/poor views of seabed. [01:26:00] [6] One brief area of the slope hosts mixed erect corals (Paramuricea sp . & Jasonisis sp . ) on coral rubble. [01:27:00] [7] continuing downhill over coral rubble/gravel, several large Alepocephaliformes (possibly Rouleina attrita) and Chimaera opalescens are lingering here (no dominant epifauna). [01:30:00] [8] Reach saddle area between carbonate mounds. Acanella arbuscula dominates on coral rubble and mud. [01:36:00] [9] xenophyophores on mud/ gravel still some A. arbuscula. [01:43:00] [10] ROV passes over edge of patch with boulders and lamellate sponges and corals, while sand/gravel/shell hash continue to host A. arbuscula. Scattered boulders host a similar community, mosaicked with the coarse sediment until [01:49:00] [11] The coarse sand/gravel and A. arbuscula dominate. Then at [01:57:00] Xenophyophores return, sparse A. arbuscula. END VIDEO A 05:02.

START VIDEO B [02:01:00]/05:03 [13] sparse epifauna on mud/sand [02:05:00] [14] A. arbuscula returns, and several encounters with Orange Roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus). [02:13:00] increasing coral gravel and rubble indicates the base of the next carbonate mound. [02:16:00] [15] the slope becomes steeper and boulders/cobbles, interspersed with coral gravel, host mixed corals, especially Leiopathes sp . [02:18:00] Carbonate and coral rubble. [02:19:00]-[02:27:00] stop to sample small colony of Madrepora oculata and take imagery. [02:28:00] [16] Dense coral rubble and boulders (one possibly with trawl scrape marks), ophiuroids clearly dominant when up close. [02:32:00] [17] more exposed carbonate with encrusting globose sponges (OTU75) visibly dominant and continued ophiuroids. [02:33:00] strange scratch marks possibly from a trawl. [02:37:00] one small patch with more intact dead framework and a couple of small Lophelia pertusa colonies on broken a carbonate edge (not enough to form a biotope transition). [02:39:00] [18] no more encrusting globose sponges, just sparse epifauna, mainly ophiuroids visible in close ups. [02:40:00] Before reaching the summit the ROV stands heading downhill (with poor views), then at [02:43:00] stops after touching the seabed, and [02:44:00] turns uphill continuing over coral rubble/gravel and carbonate. END VIDEO B 05:55.