Porania pulvillus
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Porania pulvillus moving across the seabed. This footage is shown 30 times faster than the original.
| Item Type: | Video |
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| Title: | Porania pulvillus |
| Creator(s): | Gates, A. |
| Identification: | Gates, A. |
| Date: | 11 October 2010 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT Project |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Class Asteroidea (Sea Stars) > Order Spinulosida (Sea stars) > Family Poraniidae (Sea stars) |
| Species: | Porania pulvillus |
| Behaviour: | Moving across the seabed |
| Site: | Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Whirlwind North Sea > West of Shetland > Whirlwind |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 184 |
| Latitude: | 60 deg 17' 01" N |
| Longitude: | 3 deg 50' 19" W |
| Countries: | UK > West of Shetland |
| Habitat: | Benthic |
| Substratum: | Sand and Gravel with some pebbles |
| Rig: | Borgsten Dolphin |
| Project Partners: | Hurricane Exploration (HEX), Subsea 7 |
| ROV: | Pioneer 027 |
| Label: | Porania.mov |
| Quality: | original 720 x 480 |
| Keywords: | Porania, Whirlwind, asteroid, sea star, starfish |
| Deposited By: | Miss Moira MacLean |
| Deposited On: | 02 February 2011 |
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