Poliometra prolixa
Description
Comatulid crinoid on the seabed. There is a specimen of the individual photographed. Its sample number is SC/201009/016#1. DNA samples are also available.
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Poliometra prolixa |
| Creator(s): | Jones, D |
| Identification: | Jones, D and Messing, C |
| Date: | 27 September 2009 |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Class Crinoidea (Feather stars, sea lilies) > Order Comatulida (Feather Stars) |
| Species: | Poliometra prolixa |
| Behaviour: | Gripping hard substratum with cirri apparently feeding |
| Site: | Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Tornado North Sea > West of Shetland > Tornado |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 1050 |
| Latitude: | 60 deg 33' 44" N |
| Longitude: | 4 deg 27' 23" W |
| Countries: | UK > West of Shetland |
| Habitat: | benthic |
| Substratum: | hetrogeneous seafloor |
| Rig: | Stena Carron |
| Project Partners: | OMV, Oceaneering, Stena |
| ROV: | Magnum 156 |
| Keywords: | comatulid crinoid, tornado, wos, faroe-shetland |
| Deposited By: | Dr Daniel Jones |
| Deposited On: | 17 December 2009 |
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