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The shallow water dives in the head of Veatch Canyon 

 again revealed high concentration of the white sea pen. 

 Numerous corals were seen in several photographic transects 

 in Oceanographer Canyon. Pavamuriaea horealis ^ Desmophyllum 

 oristagalli, Anthomastus agassizii and Aaanthogorgia armata 

 were found on boulders or outcrops, while Aaanella arbusaula 

 and Flabellum alabastrum were found on the soft substrates 

 in this canyon. 



Sea pens were seen in the head of Lydonia Canyon, while 

 Paramuvioea hovealvs , Anthomastus agassizii and Desmophyllum 

 aristagalli were seen in selected slides of some early dives 

 in the deeper parts of this canyon. 



A number of dives in Heezen Canyon revealed many corals, 

 Pennatula sp. , Anthomastus gvandiflovus and Aoanella arbus- 

 aula were found on soft substrates within this canyon, while 

 Paramuvioea borealis , desmophyllum oristagalli and 

 Anthomastus agassizii were seen on outcrops. 



Corals were also abundant in Corsair Canyon. Anthomas- 

 tus agassizii^ Aoanthogorgia armata^ Paramuvioea borealis 

 and Desmophyllum oristagalli were seen on outcrops in this 

 canyon, while Pennatula sp. , Aoanella arbusoula and 

 Flabellum alabastrum were seen on soft substrates. 



Corals that were rarely encountered during the survey 

 are mapped on Figure E3. The most striking of these is 

 Paragorgia arborea which was seen on several pictures 

 obtained from a dive in the shallow part of Norfolk Canyon. 



