Armadillogorgia cyathella Bayer, 1980

Material examined: BBB 2016: St. 13; St. 16; St. 18; St. 21; St. 40. PD BB 2017: St. 14; St. 43 (MACN-In: 43518,

43519).

Distribution: Off South Georgia (54°29’S, 39°22’W to 54°31 ‘S, 39°19’W, 659–686 m); Scotia Sea (53°57’S, 55°54’W, 1879–1886 m) (Bayer 1980, 1996a); off Staten Island, Burdwood bank, (400–1000 m) (present study).

Remarks: Some ophiuroids and Alcyonium sp. are found over the colonies. This represents the first record at Burdwood bank and MPA Namuncurá II.