Overleaf: The brittle star Astrodia tenuispina (Verrill, 1884) (Ophiuroidea, Asteronychidae) coiled around the sea pen Scleroptilum grandiflorum Kölliker, 1880 (Pennatulacea, Scleroptilidae), shortly after both were collected by bottom trawl during the MAR-ECO expedition with RV G.O. Sars on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Azores at 2600 m depth (trawl station 373). Both specimens were identified by contributors to this thematic issue. For more details see Martynov & Litvinova (Marine Biology Research, 2008, 4(1–2), p 76–111) and Molodtsova et al. (Marine Biology Research, 2008, 4(1–2), p 112–30). Photographer: David Shale (www.davidshale.com) for MAR-ECO (www.mar-eco.no/sci).
Note: This thematic issue should be cited: Gebruk AV (guest editor). 2008. Benthic Fauna of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Results of the MAR-ECO Expedition. Thematic Issue No. 1, Marine Biology Research 4(1–2): 1–163.