Figure 7
Samples taken by the ROV robotic arm at st. DOHRN_ROV_1: (A) dead and partly broken shell of Neopycnodonte zibrowii that provided a calibrated age of 5496 yr cal BP; note the black oxide patina which also affects numerous fouling organisms as solitary corals and serpulid polychaetes (−373 m); (B) a juvenile live-collected Javania cailleti on the side of a dead and patinated Caryophyllia calveri coral (−372 m); (C) juvenile live-collected Desmophyllum dianthus growing on the calyx of an older specimen (−371 m); (D) this Desmophyllium dianthus was collected alive, but its skeleton was already stained by an incipient oxide patina (−377 m). Scale Bars = 1 cm.
