Abietinella operculata (Jäderholm, 1903)

(Fig. 6 l–m)

Material examined. ANT XV/3: 48-197, one colony, c. 45 mm high; 48-220, one colony, c. 65 mm high; ANT XXI / 2: PS65/174, one colony, c. 60 mm high, PS65/175, one colony, c. 130 mm high.

Ecology and distribution. Species reported at depths from 63 (Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 1993) to 1658 m (Peña Cantero in press); present material from 236 to 416 m. Species with Antarctic-Patagonian distribution (Stepanjants 1979).