Bathybiaster vexillifer
Description
A common asteroid in the deep waters of the Norwegian sea and Faroe-Shetland Channel. This was identified from a specimen obtained at Lagavulin by Anna Dilman on 26 June 2013
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Bathybiaster vexillifer |
| Identification: | Dilman, Anna |
| Date: | 23 August 2007 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT Project |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Class Asteroidea (Sea Stars) > Order Valvatida (Sea stars) > Family Astropectinidae (Sea stars) Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Class Asteroidea (Sea Stars) > Order Valvatida (Sea stars) > Family Astropectinidae (Sea stars) |
| Species: | Bathybiaster vexillifer |
| Site: | Atlantic > Norwegian > Midnattsol |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 928 |
| Latitude: | 64 deg 00' 59" N |
| Longitude: | 5 deg 16' 44" E |
| Countries: | Norway > Norwegian Sector |
| Habitat: | Benthic |
| Substratum: | deep-sea mud |
| Rig: | Transocean Leader |
| Project Partners: | Statoil, Oceaneering, Transocean |
| ROV: | Magnum 034 (work class) |
| Keywords: | Bathybiaster vexillifer Asteroid Benthopectinidae |
| Deposited By: | Dr Andrew Gates |
| Deposited On: | 26 June 2013 |
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