Noroit Seamount

[1] It is also spelled Noroît Seamount[2][3] after the French survey and research vessel RV Le Noroît (IMO number: 7035717) which was operated by IFREMER.

[7][8] Several research projects are conducted in vicinity of Noroit Seamount.

[3] Investigations by the research vessel EV Nautilus in 2014 found a variety of stony corals (scleractinians), octocorals, and sponges.

[12] Corals created habitat for brittle stars, squat lobsters[12] and sea snails.

[2] In the sea depth there are variety of fish — Acanthonus armatus,[13] Bathypterois phenax,[14] Bembrops,[15] Conger esculentus,[16] Coryphaenoides,[17][18] Hexanchus griseus,[19] Lepidion,[20] Luciobrotula corethromycter,[21] and Polymixia lowei.