White vase sponge (Class Hexactinellida) at 2572 meters water depth.

Feather pen-like coral (Bathypathes sp.) at 2467 meters water depth.

Orange bushy coral (Trissopathes sp.) and octopus (Graneledone boreopacifica) at 1973 meters water depth.

Crab on seafloor

Crab on seafloor

Witch eel (Venefica tentaculata)

Witch eel (Venefica tentaculata) at 1854 meters water depth.

Witch eel (Venefica tentaculata) at 1854 meters water depth.

Witch eel (Venefica tentaculata) at 1854 meters water depth.

Cusk eel

Brittle stars and other marine life on basalt boulders

A siphonophore?

Black coral (Antipathes sp.) at 1520 meters water depth.

Benthic octopus (Benthoctopus sp.) at 1461 meters water depth.

Mushroom soft coral (Anthomastus sp.) at 1470 meters water depth.

Thorny sea star (Hippasteria californica); small pink coral (Corallium sp.); and white ruffle sponge (Farrea sp.) at 1356 meters water depth.

White slime sea star (Pteraster sp.) at 1520 meters water depth.

White slime sea star (Pteraster sp.) at 1520 meters water depth.

Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea) at 1257 meters water depth. Small blue scale worms (Family Polynoidae) were often associated with Paragorgia arborea.

Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea).

Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea).

Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea).

Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea).

Orange anemone (Actinostola sp.)

Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea).

Bamboo coral (Keratoisis sp.) on the Davidson Seamount. Coral colony age estimates exceed 200 years.

Bamboo coral (Keratoisis sp.) with basketstars (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) and an orange crinoid (Florometra serratissima) at1455 meters water depth. Coral colony age estimates exceed 200 years.

Bamboo coral (Keratoisis sp.) on the Davidson Seamount (1455 meters) Coral colony age estimates exceed 200 years.

Bamboo coral (Keratoisis sp.) on the Davidson Seamount Coral colony age estimates exceed 200 years.

Bamboo coral (Keratoisis sp.) on the Davidson Seamount and white trumpet sponge. Coral colony age estimates exceed 200 years.

Basalt boulder seascape

Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea) with basket starfish.

Mushroom soft coral (Anthomastus sp.) on the Davidson Seamount.

Clawed armhook squid (Gonatus onyx) at 1328 meters.

Bubblegum coral and large black sponge

Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea) with basket starfish.

Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea) with basket starfish.

White ruffle sponge (Farrea sp.) in background.

White ruffle sponge (Farrea sp.)

White ruffle sponge (Farrea sp.)

Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea).

White trumpet sponge.

White trumpet sponge at 1572 meters water depth.

Lava tube?

Big White coral (Family Primnoidae) and brittle star (Asteronyx sp) at 1570 meters water depth.

Zigzag coral (Madrepora oculata) and basket stars on highest topographic feature in the area.

Mollusk (Order Nudibranchia) swimming on the flank of Davidson Seamount at 1498 meters.

Bamboo coral (Keratoisis sp.) on the Davidson Seamount.

Large orange starfish on dead coral bush

Mushroom soft coral (Anthomastus sp.) at 1580 meters water depth.