Pelagic Amphipod
Description
This is a mesopelagic amphipod from the genus Cystisoma. Based on the elongate first antennae, this beast must be Cystisoma latipes (Stephensen, 1918) or C. gershwinae Zeidler, 2003. The wedge-shaped head in lateral profile indicates the former. C. latipes is not widely reported but appears to be pan-oceanic in lower latitudes and has been recorded from the western Indian Ocean. It is almost transparent, the only pigment is the eye. These are large amphipods: this specimen is probably about 50 mm in length.
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Pelagic Amphipod |
| Creator(s): | Gates, A. |
| Identification: | Thurston, M. |
| Date: | 08 August 2013 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) > Class Malacostraca (Crabs, krill, pill bugs, shrimps, prawns) > Order Amphipoda (Amphipods) |
| Species: | Cystisoma sp. |
| Behaviour: | Swimming |
| Site: | Indian > Indian Ocean > East Africa > Pweza-3 |
| Depth (m): | 1418 |
| Countries: | East Africa > Tanzania |
| Habitat: | Benthic boundary zone |
| Substratum: | Deep-sea mud |
| Rig: | Deep Sea Metro I |
| Project Partners: | BG Group, Oceaneering |
| ROV: | Millennium 113 |
| Keywords: | Hyperiidea |
| Deposited By: | Dr Andrew Gates |
| Deposited On: | 23 July 2015 |
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