Bathynomus giganteus - Giant Isopod
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Bathynomus giganteus (Giant Isopod) feeding on some bait. A specimen obtained in a trap shortly after this video was taken was identified as Bathynomus giganteus/ Milne-Edwards, 1879 (Isopoda,Cirolaridae) common for the Atlantic and reported previously for Venezuela. It was identified by the muesum in Caracas, Venezuela.
| Item Type: | Video |
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| Title: | Bathynomus giganteus - Giant Isopod |
| Creator(s): | Jones, Daniel |
| Identification: | Jones, Daniel |
| Date: | 26 July 2007 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT project |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) > Class Malacostraca (Crabs, krill, pill bugs, shrimps, prawns) > Order Isopoda (Isopods) |
| Species: | Bathynomus giganteus |
| Behaviour: | Feeding on some bait on the seafloor. |
| Site: | Atlantic > Venezuelan Basin |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 543 |
| Latitude: | 9 deg 44' 07" N |
| Longitude: | 59 deg 44' 60" W |
| Countries: | South America > Venezuela |
| Habitat: | Seafloor |
| Substratum: | fine sediment |
| Rig: | Transocean Sovereign Explorer |
| Project Partners: | Statoil, Transocean, Subsea 7 |
| ROV: | Centurion 38 HD |
| Notes: | Location: Samba server \2007\South America\Venezuela\Orca |
| Keywords: | Bathynomus giganteus, Giant Isopod, Orca, Venezuela |
| Deposited By: | Dr Daniel Jones |
| Deposited On: | 02 February 2010 |
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