Stalked sponge
Description
Small (<50 mm) egg shaped sponge anchored into the sediment with a stalk. It is white or light cream in colour. We are calling this Faroe-Shetland Channel Cold Water Sponge N. Kerry Howell at University of Plymouth has named this taxon as OTU387
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Stalked sponge |
| Copyright: | Serpent Project |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera (Sponges) |
| Behaviour: | Attached to sea floor |
| Site: | Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 650 |
| Latitude: | 60 deg 56' 00" N |
| Longitude: | 2 deg 53' 00" W |
| Countries: | UK > West of Shetland |
| Habitat: | Temperate Gravel & Sand |
| Rig: | Jack Bates Laggan |
| Project Partners: | Total, Transocean, Subsea 7 |
| ROV: | Clansman 2 |
| Deposited By: | Rob Curry |
| Deposited On: | 13 March 2007 |
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