In the meantime we have started to study samples which were taken to our institute after the Bandamin cruise. The available samples originate from different dredge hauls of the surroundings of the Abangkomba Seamount, mostly from water depths between 400 and 800 m. Since we have carried out a very detailed bathymetric mapping of the area between the Komba Volcano and the Island of Pantar, we ca…