Highlights: 00:13:01 Boulder with Lophelia & sponges 00:20:37 Antipatharian coral 01:20:47 Boulder with sponges & antipatharians

The seafloor is comprised of coral gravel and cobbles with no conspicuous epifauna. Lophelia pertusa/Madrepora oculata co-dominate with encrusted sponges on boulders. On cobbles and boulders with sparse coral gravel/rubble Porifera, Actiniaria, Stichopathes cf. gravieri and Cidaris cidaris are present. Towards end of dive the substrate changes to sand/gravel/sparse pebbles/cobbles/boulders. Porifera, mixed coral and Cirripedia species dominate on hard substrata and sparse C. cidaris as well as Araesoma fenestratum dominate the soft bottom substrate.

START VIDEO [00:00:00]/14:25 Lophelia reefs span across the transect (mainly gravel and rubble). [1] Coral gravel and cobbles with no dominant epifauna. [00:11:00] ROV leaves the bottom and descends slowly again. [00:27:00] [2] Lophelia pertusa/Madrepora oculata co-dominates with encrusted sponges on boulders. Coral gravel is the main substrata type. [00:34:00] [3] Cobbles and boulders with sparse coral gravel/rubble with co-dominant Porifera, Actiniaria, Stichopathes cf. gravieri OTU283 and Cidaris cidaris OTU211. [00:39:00]-[00:45:00] ROV stops for sampling 1 pushcore. [00:49:00]-[00:55:00] ROV stops for imagery and sampling (Aphrocallistes sp. OTU264 with associated Zoanthidea sp. OTU1149). [01:15:00] [4] Now sand/gravel/sparse pebbles/cobbles/boulders. Porifera, mixed coral and Cirripedia species dominate on hard substrata and sparse C. cidaris as well as Araeosoma fenestratum on soft bottom substrata. END VIDEO [01:30:00]/15:56.