Figure 2
Main frame coral builders and most noticeable fauna in the Dohrn Canyon: (A) the colonial scleractinian Lophelia pertusa with expanded polyps; arrows indicate Acesta excavata on the right foreground and the solitary coral Javania cailleti on the left foreground (st. MS16_7, −386 m) bar = 2 cm; (B) live colony of the scleractinian Madrepora oculata (st. MS16_7, −391 m, bar = 2 cm); (C) solitary coral community, with adult and juvenile Desmophyllum dianthus (d), J. cailleti (j), the sea anemone Protanthea simplex (arrows), plus on the left side a juvenile L. pertusa (l) (st. MS16_7, −385 m) bar = 1 cm; (D) curtains of solitary corals (Desmophyllum dianthus, Javania cailleti) rimming the layered bedrock (st. DOHRN_ROV_1, −385 m) bar = 1 cm; (E) the large limid A. excavata among solitary (D. dianthus: white arrow) and colonial (M. oculata) scleractinian corals, both alive and dead (st. MS16_7, −415 m) bar = 10 cm; (F) mud-draped substrate with small colonies of M. oculata (m) and L. pertusa (l), arrow indicates a group of small anemone (Amphianthus dohrnii) above the decapod Anamathia rissoana crawling on a undefined stalk (st. MS16_7, −412 m) bar = 1 cm.
