Highlights: 00:06:23 Brittlestar bed - Ophiothrix fragilis 00:07:21 Octopus - Eledone cirrhosa 00:14:49 Pollack 00:21:48 Demosponges - Axinella infundibuliformis?

Of note: A lot of octopuses.

Initially soft sediment with very little visible fauna apart from some hermit crabs and a few anemones. Crabs, octopuses and ophiuroids occur on hard ground. Large numbers of fish, particularly pollack, are present.

START VIDEO [00:00:00]/21:32. Notable colony of orange ophiuroid bed (Ophiothrix fragilis) on mud veneered bedrock. No samples . [1] [00:01:00] Soft sediment with scattered epifauna and occasional mobile species, including hermit crabs. Small gastropod shells (>1cm) found on sediment. ROV is moving upwards on moderate hill incline . [2] [00:06:00] Dense bed of orange ophiuroids (O. fragilis) on mud veneered bedrock. Marine snow throughout the dive. [00:13:00] Pollack aggregations appear more often. [00:19:00] Here substrata continue as mud veneered bedrock with sparse epifauna. Pollack are encountered frequently. [00:22:00] Pollack become abundant in this part of the transect. [3] [00:23:00] Here biotope changes into soft sediment. [00:28:00] Fields of cup coral on soft sediment. VIDEO END [00:28:39]/22:00.