A pyrosome in the Gulf of Mexico
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Description
A Pyrosoma atlanticum colony floating in the water column in the Gulf of Mexico
| Item Type: | Video |
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| Title: | A pyrosome in the Gulf of Mexico |
| Creator(s): | Benfield, Mark |
| Identification: | Benfield, Mark |
| Date: | 01 July 2006 |
| Classification: | Chordata (Chordates) > Urochordata > Thaliacea > Pyrosomida > Pyrosomatidae |
| Species: | Pyrosoma atlanticum |
| Behaviour: | Pyrosoma atlanticum floating through the water column |
| Site: | Atlantic > Gulf of Mexico > Green Canyon 821 |
| Site Description: | Midwater |
| Depth (m): | 609 |
| Latitude: | 27 deg 09' 20" N |
| Longitude: | 90 deg 29' 43" W |
| Countries: | Mexico > Gulf of Mexico |
| Habitat: | Water temp 7.67 degrees celcius |
| Rig: | Transocean Marianas |
| Project Partners: | BP, Oceaneering, Transocean |
| ROV: | Millennium |
| Keywords: | fire salp, Pyrosoma atlanticum, colony, floating, gulf of mexico, water column |
| Deposited By: | Lis Maclaren |
| Deposited On: | 17 May 2007 |
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