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Figure 25. Selected photographs of some of the common 

 corals seen in this survey. 



a. The gorgonian Paramuviaea grandis and several 

 other soft corals at 865 meters in Oceanographer 

 Canyon. Also seen are several individuals of 

 the sponge Cladorhiza and two rattails. 



b. The gorgonian Aaanthogorgia armata and several 

 Desmophyllum oristagalli polpys on an outcrop 

 at approximately 1050 meters in Norfolk Canyon. 



c. Numerous colonies of the alcyonacean Eunephthya 

 flovida on boulders at 560 meters in Lydonia 

 Canyon. Many sponges and serpulid polychaetes 

 are seen encrusting these boulders. 



d. A medium sized colony of the gorgonian Paragorgia 

 arborea, several small colonies of Pvimnoa reseda, 

 and sponges on a boulder at 550 meters in Lydonia 

 Canyon. 



