Spikey Sea Cucumber, NWAD development West of Shetland
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A spikey sea cucumber, Stichopus tremulus, on the sea bed West of Shetland
| Item Type: | Video |
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| Title: | Spikey Sea Cucumber, NWAD development West of Shetland |
| Creator(s): | Maclaren, Lis |
| Identification: | Maclaren, Lis |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Class Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers) > Order Aspidochirotida (Holothurians with feet) > Family Stichopodidae (Sea cucumbers) |
| Species: | Stichopus tremulus |
| Behaviour: | On seabed |
| Site: | Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > North West Area Development (NWAD) North Sea > West of Shetland > North West Area Development (NWAD) |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 350 |
| Countries: | UK > West of Shetland |
| Habitat: | Temperate Gravel |
| Substratum: | Gravelly bottom |
| Rig: | Paul B Loyd Junior |
| Project Partners: | Transocean, Subsea 7, BP |
| ROV: | Pioneer 9 |
| Keywords: | sea cucumber, gravel, Stichopus |
| Deposited By: | Rob Curry |
| Deposited On: | 18 May 2007 |
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