Edwardsia spp.

Edwardsia spp.

Fig. 2C View Fig .

MATERIAL. LV-82-5, 55.2700ºN 167.2991ºE – 55.2738ºN 167.2974ºE, depth 3494– 3435 m, one specimen photographed; GoogleMaps LV-82-8, 55.3806ºN 167. 2617ºE, depth 485 m, one specimen photographed GoogleMaps .

REMARKS. Two small species, photographically documented on the southern slope of the Vulcanologov Massif and Piip Volcano, but not collected, most probably belong to the genus Edwardsia . They have a typical for this genus octomerous arrangement of the tentacles and their column is buried in the sediment. The first species is white, with 16 tentacles arranged in two circles (8+8), recorded in abyssal zone at 3435–3494 m ( Fig. 2C View Fig ). Another species with transparent tentacles and eight white spots on the oral disc at the bases of the tentacles was photographed in the bathyal zone at 485 m on cold seeps field between bacterial mats.