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Benthurian sea cucumber


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Item Type:Video
Title:Benthurian sea cucumber
Date:03 December 2003
Time:10:01:12
Classification:Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers) > Aspidochirotida (Holothurians with feet) > Synallactidae (Sea cucumbers)
Species:Benthothuria sp
Behaviour:Moving, travelling over seafloor, feeding
Site:Atlantic > Gulf of Mexico > Toledo GOM
Site Description:Seafloor
Depth (m):3100
Latitude:26 deg 15' 00" N
Longitude:94 deg 40' 00" W
Countries:Mexico > Gulf of Mexico
Habitat:Tropical Muddy Sand
Rig:Discoverer Deep Seas
Project Partners:Transocean, Subsea 7, Chevron USA
ROV:Hercules 8
Label:DDS Marine Life (GOM DVD)
Number:1
Deposited By:Lis Maclaren
Deposited On:13 March 2007

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