Geryon crab

Geryon crab
Item Type:Image
Title:Geryon crab
Copyright:Serpent Project
Classification:Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) > Class Malacostraca (Crabs, krill, pill bugs, shrimps, prawns) > Order Decapoda (Crabs, lobsters, prawns, shrimps) > Family Geryonidae (Deep sea crabs)
Species:Geryon sp.
Behaviour:Resting by rock
Site:Atlantic > Gulf of Mexico > Tiger
Site Description:Seafloor
Depth (m):2750
Latitude:26 deg 10' 48" N
Longitude:94 deg 37' 23" W
Countries:Mexico > Gulf of Mexico
Habitat:Temperate Gravel & Sand
Rig:Discoverer Deep Seas
Project Partners:Transocean, Subsea 7, Chevron USA
ROV:Hercules 8
Deposited By:Rob Curry
Deposited On:13 March 2007

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