Colossendeis proboscidea
Description
Large ball like structure of Sea spiders Pycnogonids, unable to identify species from the image, there is also a Colossendeis proboscidea with a nymphoid pycnogonid on it.
| Item Type: | Image |
|---|---|
| Title: | Colossendeis proboscidea |
| Creator(s): | MacLean, M. |
| Identification: | Gates, A. |
| Date: | June 2009 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT project |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) > Class Pycnogonida (Sea Spiders) > Order Pantopoda (Sea spiders), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) > Class Pycnogonida (Sea Spiders) > Order Pantopoda (Sea spiders) > Family Colossendeidae (Sea spiders) |
| Species: | Colossendeis proboscidea |
| Behaviour: | Large, dense aggragation and one large individual carrying another |
| Site: | Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Rosebank North Sea > West of Shetland > Rosebank |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 1124 |
| Latitude: | 60 deg 59' 03" N |
| Longitude: | 3 deg 49' 04" W |
| Northing: | 60.98424 |
| Easting: | -3.81803 |
| UTM Zone: | 30 |
| Countries: | UK > West of Shetland |
| Habitat: | Benthic |
| Substratum: | Sand |
| Rig: | Stena Carron |
| Keywords: | West of Shetland Rosebank Benthic Atlantic Pycnogonids sea spiders Colossendeis proboscidea |
| Deposited By: | Miss Moira MacLean |
| Deposited On: | 09 December 2010 |
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