Highlights: 00:09:45 Demosponge - Oceanapia sp. 00:33:24 Bamboo coral 01:14:27 Hexactinellid sponge - Euplectella

The site is characterised by coral rubble and reef throughout although live coral is rarely above 25%. A steep incline extends from 870 m to 750 m and associated fauna include Bathypathes sp., Acanella sp., Stichopathes sp., stalked crinoids, cup corals, sponges, the Venus flower basket Euplectella aspergillum and a small gorgonian. Leiopathes sp.is frequent throughout. The squat lobster Munida sp. and ophiuroids are common among the rubble as are grenadiers and codfish.

START VIDEO [00:00:00]/18:34 [1] The transect starts on an epifaunally diverse moderate pebble /gravel/coral gravel /cobbles/ boulders slope. Abundant/dominant Leiopathes sp. OTU305 and Phakellia ventilabrum OTU202 on cobbles. Bed of Ophiuroidea sp. (indet) OTU1076. [00:08:00] [2] Sediment changes now predominantly into coral rubble and coral gravel, with sparse/rare boulders. [18:46:00] ROV stops for imagery and sampling of a sponge. Bed of ophiuroids continues until [00:38:00] [3] Now substrate changes into coral framework (mostrly dead) with frequent sights of crinoids Koehlermetra porrecta OTU315 and Acanella arbuscula (firtree) OTU991. [19:08:00] – [00:40:00] ROV stops for imagery and sampling of A. arbuscula (firtree). [00:42:00] ROV stops for imagery. [00:44:00] [4] ROV swims on the edge of continental slope covered in dense Lophelia pertusa/Madrepora oculata reef on soft bottom. Here the geomorphology features (predominantly ridges) intersperse erratically, from steep up ridge to moderate down ridge. The ROV surveys the transect along and across the ridges. [00:45:00] Leiopathes sp., A. arbuscula (firtree) and Cidaris cidaris OTU211 are frequent in this part of the transect. [19:38:00] Here dense L. pertusa/M. oculata reefs (dead and living) with mixed coral and K. porrecta living on them. [01:13:00]-[01:16:00] ROV stops for sampling (sampling aborted). [01:26:00] [5] Mosaic substrata (coral rubble/coral framework/coral garden/sparse cobbles) with abundant K. porrecta and mixed corals. ROV surveys the site across the ridges. [01:44:00] – [01:48:00] ROV stops for imagery and sampling of euplectellid sponge (1) with associated shrimps (2). END VIDEO [01:55:00]/20:29