LIST OF FIGURES 



1. Index map showing the locations of the thirteen submarine canyons 

 biologically sampled. 



2. Hueneme canyon. 



3. Mugu canyon. 



4. Dume canyon. 



5. Santa IVIonica canyon. 



6. Redondo canyon. 



7. fGolfingia sp., a sipunculid, penetrating Rhabdamina, 

 a foraminiferan. 



8. San Pedro sea valley. 



9. Newport canyon. 



10. La Jolla canyon. 



11. Monstrilla capttetlicola, a parasitic copepod, and the host species, 

 Capitella capitata oculata. 



12. Coronado canyon. 



13. Santa Cruz canyon. 



14. Catalina canyon. 



15. San Clemente rift valley. 



16. Tanner canyon. 



1 7. a, ceriantharian ; b, sipunculid ; c, enteropneust ; d, Listriolobus 

 peJodes ; e, Arhynchite sp. 



18. a, Ophiura lutkeni; b, Acila castrensis ; c, Cardita ventricosa; d, 

 Solemya panamensis; e, Cotnpsomyax subdiaphana; f, Molpadia 

 intermedia. 



19. Heteromastus filobranchus. 



20. Mugu canyon, Sta. 7521, in 850 meters. 



21. Dume canyon, Sta. 7520, in 638 meters. 



22. Santa Monica canyon, Sta. 7517, in 695 meters. 



23. Newport canyon, Sta. 7729, in 21 1 meters. 



24. Largest animals from Newport canyon, Sta. 7729. 



25. Newport canyon, Sta. 7730, in 235 meters. 



26. Newport canyon, Sta. 7728, in 741 meters. 



27. Three largest animals from Newport canyon, Sta. 7728. 



