Cancer pagurus

Cancer pagurus

Description

Crab present Cancer pagurus and some small groups of Alcyonium digitatum

Item Type:Image
Title:Cancer pagurus
Creator(s):Jones, D.
Identification:Jones, D.
Date:31 January 2007
Time:10:20:30
Classification:Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) > Class Malacostraca (Crabs, krill, pill bugs, shrimps, prawns) > Order Decapoda (Crabs, lobsters, prawns, shrimps) > Family Cancridae (rock crabs), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria (Cnidarians) > Anthozoa (Sea Anemones & Corals) > Alcyonacea (Soft Corals) > Alcyoniidae
Species:Cancer pagurus, Alcyonium digitatum
Behaviour:Feeding
Site:Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan
North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan
Site Description:Seafloor
Depth (m):73
Latitude:60 deg 27' 43" N
Longitude:1 deg 04' 06" E
Northing:6704413.89
Easting:606193.92
UTM Zone:30
Countries:UK > West of Shetland
Habitat:Benthic
Substratum:Sand veneer over gravel, pebbles and shell material
Rig:Fugro Mercator
Project Partners:Total
ROV:Seaeye Tiger
Keywords:West of Shetland Laggan Benthic Atlantic Crab Cancer pagurus Alcyonium digitatum
Deposited By:Miss Moira MacLean
Deposited On:22 October 2010

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