PLATE 9 



Figs. A-F. — Station 16, outer shelf, east of canyon head, 125-135 fms. 



A-F, Muddy silty bottom (cloud trailing compass in A indicates silty nature of 

 sediment; indication of straight asymmetric ripples with some interference, pre- 

 dominant current trend toward the WNW). Tube-dwelling polychaete worms 

 (Hyalinoecia) in all photographs (note particularly long tube in A, and tendency 

 towards parallel orientation in A and B) ; coelenterate in C, crab (Cancer-sp.) 

 in D, flat fish (arrow) in E, and probable "fish nest" depressions in F. 



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