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Table 1 List of stations which procured pennatulacean specimens during BENGAL cruises, with indication of sampling data, pennatulacean species and (between parenthesis) number of colonies collected in each station

From: A new deep-sea pennatulacean (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Chunellidae) from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (NE Atlantic)

Cruise

Station

Date

Coordinates

Depth (m)

Species (number of colonies collected)

BENGAL-2 (Discovery 226)

13078 # 06

30/04/1997

48°44.55′N 16°32.77′W

4,838

Kophobelemnon sp. (1)

 

13078 # 11

01/04/1997

48°53.19′N 16°35.98′W

4,844

Kophobelemnon sp. (1)

 

13078 # 27

03/04/1997

48°47.26′N 16°34.01′W

4,844

Porcupinella profunda (1)

BENGAL-3 (Discovery 229)

13200 # 70

20/07/1997

48°51.62′N 16°31.80′W

4,845

Kophobelemnon sp. (1)

     

Porcupinellaprofunda (2)

 

13200 # 93

25/07/1997

48°50.55′N 16°25.30′W

4,844

Porcupinellaprofunda (3)

 

13200 # 94

25/07/1997

48°50.99′N 16°26.03′W

4,847

Kophobelemnon sp. (7)

     

Porcupinellaprofunda (6)

     

Umbellulamonocephalus (3)

BENGAL-5 (Discovery 231)

13368 # 47

16/03/1998

48°51.63′N 16°25.18′W

4,844

Kophobelemnon sp. (1)

 

13368 # 48

17/03/1998

48°49.64′N 16°30.12′W

4,841

Kophobelmnon sp. (4)

     

Porcupinellaprofunda (4)

     

Umbellulamonocephalus (2)

 

13368 # 52

19/03/1998

48°48.30′N 16°25.97′W

4,839

Kophobelemnon sp. (2)

     

Porcupinellaprofunda (5)

 

13368 # 53

19/03/1998

48°49.98′N 16°33.53′W

4,842

Kophobelemnon sp. (2)

     

Umbellulamonocephalus (1)

BENGAL-6 (Discovery 237)

13627 # 11

01/10/1998

48°47.82′N 16°40.37′W

4,847

Kophobelemnon sp. (1)

     

Porcupinellaprofunda (3)

 

13627 # 24

05/10/1998

48°50.47′N 16°44.37′W

4,840

Kophobelemnon sp. (2)

     

Porcupinellaprofunda (1)

     

Umbellulamonocephalus (1)