Pagurus bernhardus

Pagurus bernhardus

Description

General seabed G. glycymeris shells, hermit crab (probably Pagurus bernhardus), sand mason polychaetes (Lanice conchilega) and starfish (Asterias rubens).

Item Type:Image
Title:Pagurus bernhardus
Creator(s):Jones, D.
Identification:Jones, D.
Date:29 January 2007
Classification:Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) > Class Malacostraca (Crabs, krill, pill bugs, shrimps, prawns) > Order Decapoda (Crabs, lobsters, prawns, shrimps) > Family Parapaguridae (Hermit Crabs), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca (Molluscs) > Class Bivalvia (Bivalves), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Class Asteroidea (Sea Stars) > Order Forcipulatida (Sea Stars) > Family Asteriidae (Sea stars), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida (Segmented worms) > Class Polychaeta (Polychaete Worms) > Order Canalipalpata (Tube worms)
Species:Pagurus bernhardus, Glycymeris glycymeris, Lanice conchilega
Site:Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan
North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan
Site Description:Seafloor
Depth (m):119
Latitude:60 deg 28' 48" N
Longitude:0 deg 58' 23" E
Northing:6706587.86
Easting:611396.32
UTM Zone:30
Countries:UK > West of Shetland
Habitat:Benthic
Substratum:Featureless sand with occasional pebbles
Rig:Fugro Mercator
Project Partners:Total
ROV:Seaeye Tiger
Keywords:West of Shetland Benthic Laggan Atlantic Glycymeris glycymeris Lanice conchilega Starfish Asterias rubens hermit Crab Pagurus bernhardus
Deposited By:Miss Moira MacLean
Deposited On:22 October 2010

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