Nereis gracilis
Description
The polychaete Nereis gracilis (Hansen, 1878). This motile species is known exclusively from deep waters (range 930-2222 m) and has been recorded from the deeper parts of the Norwegian Sea, the Laptev Sea and probably the Sea of Beaufort. As with many deep-sea species very little is known about its biology. Nereis gracilis is likely to be an omnivorous scavenger with the specimen from Dalsnuten being approximately 15 cm long.
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Nereis gracilis |
| Creator(s): | MacLean, M |
| Identification: | Kröger, K |
| Date: | 01 December 2010 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT project |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida (Segmented worms) > Class Polychaeta (Polychaete Worms) > Order Aciculata > Family Phyllodocidae |
| Species: | Nereis gracilis |
| Behaviour: | Motile and likely to be an omnivorous scavenger |
| Site: | Atlantic > Norwegian > Dalsnuten |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 1452 |
| Latitude: | 66 deg 34' 33" N |
| Longitude: | 3 deg 32' 46" E |
| Countries: | Norway > Norwegian Sector |
| Habitat: | Benthic |
| Substratum: | Deep-sea mud |
| Rig: | Aker Barents |
| Project Partners: | Shell, Aker Drilling, Oceaneering |
| ROV: | Magnum 142 |
| Keywords: | Atlantic Norway Dalsnuten Annelid Nereis gracilis |
| Deposited By: | Miss Moira MacLean |
| Deposited On: | 23 February 2011 |
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