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Figure 15. Selected photographs of some middle depth 

 fauna. 



a. The large red crab, Geryon quinquedens y seen 



in a defensive posture at 870m in Oceanographer 

 Canyon. Numerous small barnacles are attached 

 to its carapace and legs. 



b. The deep-sea eel, Synaphobranah kaupi , at 1020 

 meters in Baltimore Canyon. Also seen are 

 numerous polychaete tubes protruding from 



the sediment. 



c. A large flounder and several individuals of 

 the sponge genus Cladovhiza at 870 meters 

 in Lydonia Canyon. 



d. Many shrimp on some boulders and in a large 

 colony of the gorgonian Pvimnoa resede at 

 563 meters in Lydonia Canyon. 



