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Swimming sea cucumber offshore Nigeria

Swimming sea cucumber offshore Nigeria

Description

A swimming sea cucumber, Enypniastes eximia

Item Type:Image
Title:Swimming sea cucumber offshore Nigeria
Identification:Maclaren, Lis
Date:27 February 2007
Classification:Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers) > Elasipodida (Deep sea cucmber) > Pelagoguthriidae (Swimming sea cucumbers)
Species:Enypniastes eximia
Behaviour:swimming
Site:Atlantic > South Atlantic > Nigeria
Site Description:Seafloor
Depth (m):8340 ft
Countries:West Africa > Nigeria
Rig:Deepwater pathfinder
Project Partners:Oceaneering, Transocean, SNEPCO
ROV:Millennium 4
Keywords:Swimming, water column, sea cucumber
Deposited By:Lis Maclaren
Deposited On:31 May 2007

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