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Fies. A-C. — Station 44, upper rise, immediately south of submarine valley, 1185-1200 



fms. 



Figs. D-F.— Station 45, upper rise, north of submarine valley, 1190-1200 fms. 



A-C, Silty mud bottom (cloud in A) with burrows, low mounds, trails and tracks. 



Moving ophiuroid brittle star (arrow in C) and regular sea urchins in B. 

 D-F, Clayey bottom (cloud in E) entirely covered with tracks, trails, resting 

 places, and burrows. Granular appearance possibly due to faecal pellets or 

 sediment clasts. Aspidochirotid holothurian (arrow 1) and Morid fish (arrow 2) 

 in D. 



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