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70'00' 68' 00' 66'00' 



Gulf of Maine - Sea Pen Distribution 

 N. M. F. S. Benthic Database 



Figure 1 Distribution of sea pens of the genus Pennatula . in theGulf of Maine 

 from macrobenthic surveys conducted by the National Marine Fisheries 

 Service between the years 1955 to 1974. Location of animals identified 

 to species. P. aculeata . are noted in the figure with an X. 



70TJ0' 



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Maine 



• Sea Pens 

 O No Sea Pens 

 X Exp. Si 



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Gulf of Maine - Sea Pen Distribution 

 Submersible and ROV observations 



Figure 2. Distrubition of sea pens, of the genus Pennatula . in the Gulf of Maine 

 from manned submersible and remotely operated vehicle dives between 

 the years 1983 through 1987. In this figure the x marks the location of an 

 in_sjlu_sea pen behavior expenment conducted in 1 986. The open circle 

 denotes the dive location in Wilkinson Basin where no sea pens were 

 observed over the course of a two hour dive. 



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