Corallimorphidae

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REMARKS. This small (up to 1.5 cm in the height and the diameter of the tentacular crown) species occurs on both tops of the Piip Volcano together with larger Corallimorphus cf. pilatus and small Sagartiogeton rufus. The specimens are white, translucent; longitudinal strips of white filaments or gonads are visible through the cylindrical column. The pedal disc is expanded and wider than the column, often forms a kind of lobes and outgrows characteristic for pedal laceration. This species does not have discal tentacles characteristic for Corallimorphus; there are four cycles of marginal tentacles arranged hexamerously. Sometimes they occur directly among the bacterial settlements on the seeps. Several specimens have been collected. The greatest depth recorded from a photograph for this species is 1053 m (on the dead glass sponge Farrea sp.).

MATERIAL. LV- 75 - 1, 55.4246 ºN 167.2903 ºE, depth 1053 m, one specimen photographed; LV- 75 - 2, 55.4173 ºN 167.2766 ºE – 55.4165 ºN 167.2749 ºE, depth 381 – 407 m, many specimens photographed; LV- 75 - 3, 55.4165 ºN 167.2735 ºE – 55.4164 ºN 167. 2759 ºE, depth 386 – 390 m, many specimens photographed; LV- 75 - 4, 55.4165 ºN 167.2749 ºE – 55. 4167 ºN 167.2759 ºE, depth 390 – 399 m, many specimens photographed; LV- 75 - 5, 55.4166 ºN 167. 2749 ºE – 55.4166 ºN 167.2755 ºE, depth 372 – 394 m, eight specimens collected (sample 2) and many specimens photographed; LV- 75 - 7, 55.4174 ºN 167. 2747 ºE – 55.4166 ºN 167.2752 ºE, depth 421 – 409 m, many specimens photographed; LV- 75 - 8, 55.4163 ºN 167.2755 ºE – 55.4161 ºN 167.2749 ºE, depth 407 – 386 m, one specimen collected (sample 1) and many specimens photographed; LV- 75 - 9, 55.4180 ºN 167. 2760 ºE – 55.4161 ºN 167.2742 ºE, depth 424 – 349 m, many specimens photographed; LV- 75 - 10, 55. 4169 ºN 167.2744 ºE – 55.4172 ºN 167.2748 ºE, depth 407 – 411 m, many specimens photographed; LV- 75 - 12, 55.3823 ºN 167.2608 ºE – 55.3810 ºN 167. 2611 ºE, depth 468 – 474 m, many specimens photographed; LV- 75 - 13, 55.3822 ºN 167.2608 ºE – 55. 3826 ºN 167.2605 ºE, depth 466 – 472 m, three specimens collected (sample 1) and many specimens photographed; LV- 75 - 20, 55.3824 ºN 167.2618 ºE – 55.3822 ºN 167.2611 ºE, depth 481 – 470 m, many specimens photographed. LV- 82 - 1, 55.4171 ºN 167.2773 ºE – 55.4165 ºN 167.2763 ºE, depth 386 – 382 m, many specimens photographed; LV- 82 - 2, 55.4167 ºN 167.2764 ºE – 55.4158 ºN 167.2766 ºE, depth 383 – 400 m, several specimens collected (sample 7) and many specimens photographed; LV- 82 - 3, 55.3827 ºN 167.2626 ºE – 55.3816 ºN 167.2608 ºE, depth 492 – 464 m, many specimens photographed; LV- 82 - 4, 55.3817 ºN 167. 2612 ºE – 55.3820 ºN 167.2611 ºE, depth 465 – 451 m, many specimens photographed; LV- 82 - 8, 55.3806 ºN 167.2617 ºE – 55.3825 ºN 167.2617 ºE, depth 485 – 475 m, several specimens collected (sample 7) and many specimens photographed.