Pycnogonid sp.

Pycnogonid sp.

Description

Large ball like structure of Sea spiders Pycnogonids, unable to identify species from the image.

Item Type:Image
Title:Pycnogonid sp.
Creator(s):MacLean, M.
Identification:Gates, A.
Date:June 2009
Copyright:SERPENT project
Classification:Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) > Class Pycnogonida (Sea Spiders) > Order Pantopoda (Sea spiders)
Behaviour:Large, dense aggragation
Site:Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Rosebank
North Sea > West of Shetland > Rosebank
Site Description:Seafloor
Depth (m):1124
Latitude:60 deg 59' 03" N
Longitude:3 deg 49' 04" W
Northing:60.98424
Easting:-3.81803
UTM Zone:30
Countries:UK > West of Shetland
Habitat:Benthic
Substratum:Sand
Rig:Stena Carron
Keywords:West of Shetland Rosebank Benthic Atlantic Pycnogonids sea spiders
Deposited By:Miss Moira MacLean
Deposited On:09 December 2010

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