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TABLE VI: Common species or taxa found in Oceanographer 

 Canyon ranked by relative abundance in their 

 respective depth zone. 



DEPTH ZONE 



MIDDLE 

 300-1099 m 



DEEP 

 1100-1799 m 



# 



Shrimp 



Sponge 



Ophiura sp . (brittle star) 



Synaphobranahus kaupi (eel) 



Geryon quinquedens (crab) 



Aoanthogovgia armata (soft coral) 



Anemone 



Hermit crab 



Gastropod 



Povania insignis (Starfish) 



Hyalinoeoia artifex (quill worm) 



Starfish 



Munida valida (crab) 



Hake 



Eunephthya florida (soft coral) 



Cancer borealis (crab) 



Ophiomusium lymani (brittle star) 



Fish 



Pavamuricea grandie (soft coral) 



Pennatula aauleata (soft coral) 



Rattail 



Asteronyx loveni (brittle star) 



Distichoptilum gvaoile (soft coral) 



Cerianthid anemone 



Soft coral 



