C-2 



Family Caryophyllidae 



Dasmosmitia lymani 

 This species is a small pale-orange solitary cup coral found 

 on soft substrates. It is common on the continental shelf 

 throughout the study area at depths ranging from 48 to 366 meters 

 (Cairns, manuscript). D. lymani appears to have three methods 

 of propagation, sexual reproduction and two types of asexual 

 reproduction (longitudinal fission and budding from broken 

 parental corallae) . The most common method appears to be asexual 

 budding (Cairns, 1979). As a result of this method of reproduc- 

 tion B. lymani is frequently found in very high, but localized, 

 concentrations, in the historical survey this species was found 

 between 100 and 200 meters on the shelf south of Hudson Canyon 

 and in the head of Hudson Canyon. In the field study V. lymani 

 was only found in Baltimore Canyon. A specimen was recovered 

 from a ski on the camera sled that had been towed between 116 

 and 312 meters. 



Desmophyllum aristagatli 

 This species is a large pale-pink solitary horn coral. It 

 is restricted to hard substrates and is easily identified on 

 photographs. D. oristagalli is frequently found in high concen- 

 trations on underhangs. This downward facing orientation probably 

 protects the polyp from sediment loading. This species is known 



