Sea cucumber

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Description

A sea cucumber Benthodytes. Note small polychaete on the back of the holothurian (Aphroditiformia?)

Item Type:Image
Title:Sea cucumber
Creator(s):Gates, A.
Date:08 November 2013
Time:14:28
Copyright:SERPENT
Classification:Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Class Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers) > Order Elasipodida (Deep sea cucumbers) > Family Psychropotidae (Elaspodid sea cucumbers)
Species:Benthodytes sp.
Site:Indian > Indian Ocean > East Africa > Mzia-3
Depth (m):1770
Countries:East Africa > Tanzania
Habitat:Benthic
Substratum:Deep-sea mud
Rig:Deep Sea Metro I
Project Partners:BG Group, Oceaneering
ROV:Millennium 113
Keywords:holothurian benthodytes Tanzania
Deposited By:Dr Andrew Gates
Deposited On:04 February 2015

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