Cancer pagurus

Cancer pagurusCancer pagurus

Description

Cancer pagurus attracted to a bait on the seabed. The white measurement tags are 100 mm apart.

Item Type:Image
Title:Cancer pagurus
Identification:Gates, A. R.
Date:24 August 2009
Time:11:10
Copyright:SERPENT Project
Classification:Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) > Class Malacostraca (Crabs, krill, pill bugs, shrimps, prawns) > Order Decapoda (Crabs, lobsters, prawns, shrimps) > Family Cancridae (rock crabs)
Species:Cancer pagurus
Behaviour:Feeding
Site:Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Lancaster
North Sea > West of Shetland > Lancaster
Site Description:Seafloor
Depth (m):156
Latitude:60 deg 11' 14" N
Longitude:3 deg 51' 18" E
Countries:UK > West of Shetland
Habitat:Benthic
Substratum:Boulders
Rig:Byford Dolphin
Project Partners:Hurricane Exploration (HEX), Fugro Rovtech Ltd
ROV:Spartan
Keywords:Crab
Deposited By:Dr Andrew Gates
Deposited On:19 April 2012

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