Cod and sponge
Description
A cod appeared as we examined the sponge with the ROV's video and stills camera. It was catching small crustaceans that were attracted to the vehicle's lights. The sponge resembles Mycale sp. Also note the numerous ophiuroids (brittle stars) on the sponge and the galatheid (squat lobster) in the foreground.
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Cod and sponge |
| Creator(s): | Gates, AR |
| Date: | 02 October 2016 |
| Time: | 09:16 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT Project |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata (Chordates) > Class Actinopterygii (Ray finned Fish) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Gadidae (Cods & Haddocks), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera (Sponges) > Class Demospongiae |
| Species: | Gadus morhua |
| Behaviour: | The cod was feeding on crustaceans in the water column. |
| Site: | Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Lancaster North Sea > West of Shetland > Lancaster |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 147 |
| Latitude: | 60 deg 11' 13" N |
| Longitude: | 3 deg 51' 18" W |
| Countries: | UK > West of Shetland |
| Habitat: | benthic |
| Substratum: | Sand with numerous boulders |
| Rig: | Transocean Spitsbergen |
| Project Partners: | Hurricane Energy, Transocean, Oceaneering |
| ROV: | Magnum 139 |
| Keywords: | Cod Sponge |
| Deposited By: | Dr Andrew Gates |
| Deposited On: | 21 October 2016 |
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