The National Basic Research Program(973 Program)of China under contract No.2015CB755902;the Foundation of China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association under contract Nos DY135-E2-2-03 and DY135-E2-2-06;the Scientific Research Fund of the Second Institute of Oceanography,SOA under contract No.JG1537;the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41406175
The rare ophiuroid species, Ophioleila elegans, was collected by the submersible Jiaolongfrom 1 660 m depth on the Caiwei Guyot located in the Magellan Seamount Chain in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. This is the first ...