Classification: Order Comatulida (Feather Stars)


Number of items: 26.

Anachalypsicrinus (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -3118.17

Antedon sp. (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Irish Shelf > Cashel
Depth (m): 174

Atelecrinidae (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -1380.56

Bathycrinus carpenterii (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Norwegian > Asterix
Depth (m): 1350

Bathycrinus carpenterii (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Lagavulin
North Sea > West of Shetland > Lagavulin

Depth (m): 1567

Bathycrinus carpenterii (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Lagavulin
North Sea > West of Shetland > Lagavulin

Depth (m): 1567

comatulid crinoid (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > South Atlantic > Nigeria > Usan field
Atlantic > Central Atlantic > Nigeria > Usan field

Depth (m): 750m
Behaviour: On seabed, possibly feeding.

Comatulid crinoid from Mauritania (2 files)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof
Depth (m): 1343
Behaviour: on steep slope

Comatulida (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -2246.39

Comatulida (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -2687.09

Comatulida (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -3187.16

Comatulida (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -1501.83

Comatulida (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Rockall Bank
Depth (m): 190

Comatulida  (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -2185.95

Crinoid (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Irish Shelf > Cashel
Depth (m): 174

Crinoid (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Rosebank
North Sea > West of Shetland > Rosebank

Depth (m): 1085

Crinoid (1 file)
Site: Indian > Indian Ocean > East Africa > Pweza-3
Depth (m): 1381
Behaviour: Arms raised into water column to feed on plankton as the current passes through the fan shape created by the feather-like arms.

Crinoid (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Foinaven
North Sea > West of Shetland > Foinaven

Depth (m): 600
Behaviour: Resting

Crinoid sp. (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Whirlwind
North Sea > West of Shetland > Whirlwind

Depth (m): 184

Feather star (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan
North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan

Depth (m): 650
Behaviour: Moving arms, feeding, resting

Feather star (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan
North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan

Depth (m): 650
Behaviour: Attached to seafloor moving in current

Feather star (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Foinaven
North Sea > West of Shetland > Foinaven

Depth (m): 600
Behaviour: Resting on a sponge, feeding?

Hard substratum communities from Golfinho Mozambique (12 files)
Site: Indian > Indian Ocean > East Africa
Depth (m): 996
Behaviour: attached to seafloor

Koehlermetra (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -1346.27

Pentametrocrinus (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -1329.4

Poliometra prolixa (5 files)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Tornado
North Sea > West of Shetland > Tornado

Depth (m): 1050
Behaviour: Gripping hard substratum with cirri apparently feeding

This list was generated on Thu Sep 10 18:14:54 BST 2020.


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