aff. Hormathiidae sp.1

Fig. 4 J.

MATERIAL. LV-75-18, 55.4343°N 167. 2673ºE, depth 1389 m, one specimen photographed; LV-75-21, 55.4818°N 167.2573ºE – 55.4772°N 167.2514ºE, depth 2841– 2732 m, four specimens photographed.

REMARKS. Five specimens of the small species were photographically documented on the sides of large stones on the northern slope of the Vulcanologov Massif at 1389–2841 m (not collected). The specimens have low column, wider at the base (up to 4 cm in diameter), covered by cuticle. Oral disc and tentacles are pale-rose. The oral disc is wide (up to 3 cm in diameter), with oral cone at its center. The tentacles are thin, its length is up to the diameter of the oral disc, without mesogloeal thickenings, up to 50 may be counted in photographs.