Deep-sea shark
Description
A deep-sea shark attracted to a baited time-lapse camera experiment in the deep western Indian Ocean. Deep-sea sharks were common visitors to these experiments but this individual is a different species to the majority.
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Deep-sea shark |
| Creator(s): | Gates, A. |
| Date: | 06 November 2013 |
| Time: | 15:52 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata (Chordates) > Class Chondrichthyes (Rays, Sharks & relatives) > Squaliformes (Dogfish) > Somnosidae |
| Species: | Centroscymnus sp. |
| Behaviour: | Scavenging on a simulated food-fall. |
| Site: | Indian > Indian Ocean > East Africa > Mzia-3 |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 1700 |
| Countries: | East Africa > Tanzania |
| Habitat: | benthic |
| Substratum: | soft sediment |
| Rig: | Deep Sea Metro I |
| Project Partners: | BG Group, Oceaneering |
| ROV: | Millennium 114 |
| Keywords: | deep-sea shark |
| Deposited By: | Dr Andrew Gates |
| Deposited On: | 06 August 2015 |
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