Hagfish

Hagfish

Description

Hagfish Myxine sp. partially burried in the sediment

Item Type:Image
Title:Hagfish
Creator(s):MacLean, M.
Identification:MacLean, M.
Date:08 October 2006
Copyright:SERPENT project
Classification:Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata (Chordates) > Class Myxini (Hagfish) > Order Myxiniformes (Hagfish) > Family Myxinidae (Hagfish)
Species:Myxine sp.
Behaviour:Burrowing
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 Hagfish Myxine sp.
Deposited By:Miss Moira MacLean
Deposited On:14 December 2010

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