Blue sponge (Hymedesmia sp)
Description
Blue encrusting sponge. We have been calling this Faroe-Shetland Channel Sponge J.
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Blue sponge (Hymedesmia sp) |
| Identification: | Kröger, Kerstin |
| Copyright: | Serpent Project |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera (Sponges), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera (Sponges) > Class Demospongiae |
| Species: | ?Hymedesmia |
| Behaviour: | Rock encrusted with blue and yellow sponges (yellow sponge unidentified); sponge-encrusted rock and Amphipod; sponge-encrusted rock being measured. The upright sponge on the right is probably Phakellia sp. |
| Site: | Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Foinaven North Sea > West of Shetland > Foinaven |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 600 |
| Latitude: | 60 deg 20' 00" N |
| Longitude: | 4 deg 24' 00" W |
| Countries: | UK > West of Shetland |
| Habitat: | Temperate Rocky |
| Rig: | Transocean Leader |
| Project Partners: | Transocean, Subsea 7, BP |
| ROV: | Pioneer 22HD |
| Keywords: | Hymedesmia |
| Deposited By: | Rob Curry |
| Deposited On: | 13 March 2007 |
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