Sea spider on tubular sponge
Description
Sea spider (Pycnogonid) Nymphon sp. and a tubular sponge sp.
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Sea spider on tubular sponge |
| Creator(s): | MacLean, M. |
| Identification: | MacLean, M. |
| Date: | 04 September 2006 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT project |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera (Sponges), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) > Class Pycnogonida (Sea Spiders) > Order Pantopoda (Sea spiders) |
| Species: | Nymphon sp. |
| Behaviour: | The sea spider is feeding on the sponge |
| Site: | Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Faroe-Shetland Channel > Brugdan North Sea > West of Shetland > Faroe-Shetland Channel > Brugdan |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 480 |
| Countries: | Faroe Islands |
| Habitat: | Benthic |
| Substratum: | Sand and Gravel |
| Rig: | Stena Don |
| Project Partners: | Statoil, Oceaneering |
| ROV: | Magnum 070, Sea Owl 590 |
| Keywords: | Brugdan West of Sheltand Faroe-Shetland Channel Atlantic Benthic pycnogonid nymphon sp. Sea spider porifera sponge sp. |
| Deposited By: | Miss Moira MacLean |
| Deposited On: | 13 December 2010 |
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