A-38. 



Vivgularia mirahilis is a stiff pen with compact polyps 

 on each side of the main axis. Seven specimens of this sea 

 pen were seen on the slope between Baltimore and Norfolk 

 Canyons at depths from 1500 to 1800 meters. Each pen seen 

 had an associated ophiurid coiled around its central axis. 



Koiphobelemnon' stelliferum is a short stiff sea pen with 

 large polyps coming out from the central axis. This pen was 

 found throughout the study area at depths ranging from 1300 

 to 1800 meters and was also seen at comparable depths in the 

 Hatteras Canyon region. 



White sea pen was similar to a very fine Pennatula . 

 It was found in great densities on the shallow water dives 

 throughout the study area at depths ranging from 100 to 300 

 meters. At this time its species identification is now 

 known . 



Throughout the dives small short non-descript sea pens 

 were observed at all depths within the study area. Without 

 voucher specimens identification of these pens cannot be 

 made. 



Distribution of Corals 



A number of coral species were seen fairly consistently 

 throughout the study area. Positions of their known occur- 

 rences are mapped on Figure E2. It can be seen that coral 

 species requiring soft substrates have a much broader dis- 

 tribution than those restricted to hard substrates. Small 



