Garveia nutans Wright, 1859

Garveia nutans: Ramil & Vervoort, 1992: 15–16; Schuchert, 2007: 251-253, fig, 21; Schuchert, 2012: 222–223, fig. 208.

Material examined. MSM 16 /3, stn GeoB 14886–1, ROV, 18°39.013’–18°38.476’N, 16°43.580’– 16°43.757’W,

484–640 m, 12-XI-2010: two colonies with gonophores, one colony attached to Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758 and another one to Acesta excavata .

Biology. Garveia nutans is frequently found growing on stones, algae, hydroids and other hard substrata in areas with strong tidal currents (Schuchert 2007). Fertile colonies have been found between February and December (Schuchert 2012; Gil & Ramil 2017a).

Our colonies were found with gonophores in November.

Distribution. This species has a worldwide distribution in boreal and temperate seas (Ramil & Vervoort 1992; Bouillon et al. 2006). In West Africa, G. nutans was only collected from Mauritania (Gil & Ramil 2017a). Its bathymetric range stretches from 0 (Schuchert 2007, 2012) to 1339 m (Gil & Ramil 2017a).

Our material was collected from depths of 484 to 640 m.