Predatory tunicate
Description
The seabed at Kitatange-1 was dominated by soft sediment with occasional areas of hard substratum. The rocks supported sessile invertebrate assemblages such as sponges and soft corals and the predatory tunicate shown here. It is likely from the family Octacnemidae.
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Predatory tunicate |
| Creator(s): | Gates, AR |
| Date: | 23 November 2016 |
| Time: | 11:54 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata (Chordates) > Class Ascidiacea (Sea Squirts) |
| Behaviour: | A predatory tunicate will capture food from the water column including small crustaceans such as amphipods. See the following paper by Okuyama (2002) for more information: "Morphological Studies on the Bathyal Ascidian, Megalodicopia hians Oka 1918 (Octacnemidae, Phlebobranchia), with Remarks on Feeding and Tunic Morphology". |
| Site: | Indian > Indian Ocean > East Africa > Kitatange-1 |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 2314 |
| Latitude: | 9 deg 35' 00" S |
| Longitude: | 40 deg 20' 00" E |
| Countries: | East Africa > Tanzania |
| Habitat: | Benthic |
| Substratum: | Rocks on deep-sea mud |
| Rig: | Noble Globetrotter II |
| Project Partners: | BG Group, Oceaneering |
| ROV: | Millennium 141 |
| Keywords: | Bathyal ascidian,Octacnemidae |
| Deposited By: | Dr Andrew Gates |
| Deposited On: | 01 August 2018 |
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