Figure 20A
This and other observations of this species during EX 1905L2 represent the first known in situ observations of this species. Observations herein show individuals hunched over sponge-covered substratum suggesting that they are almost certainly a food source.
Remaster palmatus is one of two species within the genus Remaster, the other species, Remaster gourdoni Koehler 1912 is known primarily from the Antarctic. The Korethrasteridae are members of the Velatida, which includes the Myxasteridae and the Pterasteridae.
Images Observed
28 June, Stetson Mesa Terrace, North Atlantic, 31.594604, -79.102624, 445 m, (both files) EX1903L2_IMG_20190628T164834Z_ROVHD.jpg EX1903L2_IMG_20190628T162943Z_ROVHD.jpg