Echinothuriid
Description
An echinothuriid sea urchin. The hooves on the spines are diagnostic for what Mortensen called asthenosomine echinothurioids. (This basically excludes only the Phormosoma group). Notice the dark tips of the aboral spines; these are venom-bearing tissues. There are 8 genera in the group with hooves on the spines the ambulacral plating strongly suggests a Sperosoma or a Tromikosoma. It seems that these echinothuriids from the Lavani site are all the same species (except for Phormosoma)
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Echinothuriid |
| Creator(s): | Gates, A. |
| Identification: | Mooi, R |
| Date: | 04 June 2012 |
| Time: | 18:35 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Class Echinoidea (Sea Urchins, heart urchins, sand dollars) > Echinothuroidea (Sea urchins) > Echinothuriidae (Sea urchins) |
| Species: | Sperosoma?, Tromikosoma? |
| Behaviour: | Walking over the seabed |
| Site: | Indian > Indian Ocean > East Africa > Lavani |
| Depth (m): | 2391 |
| Countries: | East Africa > Tanzania |
| Habitat: | Benthic |
| Substratum: | Deep-sea mud |
| Rig: | Ocean Rig Poseidon |
| Project Partners: | Statoil, Oceaneering |
| ROV: | Millenium 93 and 73 |
| Keywords: | Echinothuriid Tanzania Indian Ocean Lavani |
| Deposited By: | Dr Andrew Gates |
| Deposited On: | 13 November 2012 |
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