Chondrocladia gigantea

Chondrocladia gigantea

Description

A giant club sponge, cerianthid anemones, sabellid tubeworms and a decapod (likely Bythocaris sp.) on the seabed at Midnattsol in the Norwegian Sea

Item Type:Image
Title:Chondrocladia gigantea
Creator(s):Gates, A
Date:26 August 2007
Copyright:SERPENT Project
Classification:Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria (Cnidarians) > Anthozoa (Sea Anemones & Corals) > Ceriantharia (Tube dwelling anemones) > Cerianthidae (Cerianthid tube anemone), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida (Segmented worms) > Class Polychaeta (Polychaete Worms) > Order Canalipalpata (Tube worms) > Family Sabellariidae (Tube worms), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) > Class Malacostraca (Crabs, krill, pill bugs, shrimps, prawns) > Order Decapoda (Crabs, lobsters, prawns, shrimps) > Family Hippolytidae (Shrimps), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera (Sponges) > Class Demospongiae
Species:Chondrocladia gigantea, Bythocaris sp.
Site:Atlantic > Norwegian > Midnattsol
Site Description:Seafloor
Depth (m):928
Latitude:64 deg 00' 59" N
Longitude:5 deg 16' 44" E
Countries:Norway > Norwegian Sector
Habitat:Benthic
Substratum:deep-sea mud
Rig:Transocean Leader
Project Partners:Statoil, Oceaneering, Transocean
ROV:Magnum 034 (work class)
Keywords:Sponge, Cerianthid, Bythocaris, Sabellid
Deposited By:Dr Andrew Gates
Deposited On:19 November 2010

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