Highlights: 00:07:15 Hexactinellid sponge - Pheronema and sea pen - Kophobelemnon 01:18:40 Sea cucumber 01:21:04 Hexactinellid sponge - Hyalonema

Of Note: Pheronema Aggregation.

Primarily soft sediment with a strong bottom current throughout. Dense aggregation of Pheronema observed with diverse infauna including brisingids, anemones (including Phelliactis & cerianthids) and sea pens (commonly Kophobelemnon). With the exception of Lepidion and the occasional eel, few fish species are present. Occasional bamboo coral Acanella and sponge Hyalonema. Where Pheronema was less dense holothurians, burrows and sea pens were common. Extensive sampling of Pheronema aggregation for University of Plymouth.

START VIDEO [00:00:00]/15:39. Pheronema carpenteri aggregations on muddy slope. [1] The ROV samples 15 sponges with three water samples and three push cores (more details of the samples are recorded in the enhancedOFOP files). [01:21:00] ROV stops for sampling Hyalonema sp1. END VIDEO [01:36:00]/17:13.