Sea cucumber (holothurian)
Description
Sea cucumber (holothurian) on the seabed. Francisco Alonso Solis Marin says: I would say is not the genus Holothuria, it looks more like the genus Synallactes (Family Synallactidae) could be: Synallactes crucifera Perrier, 1898.
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Sea cucumber (holothurian) |
| Creator(s): | Jones, Daniel |
| Identification: | Solis Marin, Francisco |
| Date: | 26 July 2007 |
| Time: | 10:37 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT project |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Class Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers) > Order Aspidochirotida (Holothurians with feet) > Family Synallactidae (Sea cucumbers) |
| Species: | Synallactes sp. ? |
| Behaviour: | Sea cucumber (holothurian) probably feeding on the seabed. |
| Site: | Atlantic > Venezuelan Basin |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 543 |
| Latitude: | 9 deg 44' 07" N |
| Longitude: | 59 deg 44' 60" W |
| Countries: | South America > Venezuela |
| Substratum: | Fine sediment |
| Rig: | Transocean Sovereign Explorer |
| Project Partners: | Statoil, Transocean, Subsea 7 |
| ROV: | Centurion 38 HD |
| Keywords: | Stichopus sp., sea cucumber, holothurian, Orca |
| Deposited By: | Dr Daniel Jones |
| Deposited On: | 08 February 2010 |
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