Country: Mauritania
- Regions (1967)
- West Africa (270)
- Mauritania (34)
- West Africa (270)
Number of items: 34.
Actinarian anemone (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1308m Behaviour: Attached to seabed. |
Alepocephalus sp. Slickhead. (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1268m Behaviour: Swimming above the seabed. |
Bathyraja sp. Ray. (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 991.9m Behaviour: Resting on the seabed. |
Benthothurian sea cucumber (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1500 Behaviour: Resting on seafloor |
Brittlestar (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1500 Behaviour: Resting on seafloor |
Centroscyllium fabricii. Black dogfish. (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1300.5m Behaviour: Swimming above the seabed. |
Cerianthid anemone. (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1197m Behaviour: Attached to the seabed. |
Comatulid crinoid from Mauritania (2 files)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1343 Behaviour: on steep slope |
Corphaenoides sp. (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1158 Behaviour: Swimming near seabed |
Cuttlefish (Order Sepiida) (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1308m Behaviour: Swimming. |
Digitate cusk eel (Dicrolene intronigra) (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1500 Behaviour: Swimming |
Elpida sea cucumber (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1500 Behaviour: Resting on seafloor |
Goniasterid seastar. (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 991.7m Behaviour: On the seabed, possibly feeding. |
Halosaurid Halosaur (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1455m Behaviour: Swimming over the seabed. |
Hermit crab (Parapagurus pilosimanus) with zoanthid on back(Epizoanthus paguriphilus) at lower right of image. Probable Edwardsid anemone in centre. (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1374 Behaviour: On seabed, moving. |
Holothurian from Mauritania (2 files)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1319 Behaviour: feeding on seafloor |
Indeterminate Macrourid Rattail (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1455m Behaviour: Swimming over the seabed. |
Lithodid crab from Mauritania (Neolithodes asperrimus) (3 files)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1315 Behaviour: near oil well protection structure |
Lithodid crab from Mauritania (Paralomis africana?) (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1050 |
Lophius budegasa monkfish (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1455m Behaviour: Swimming over the seabed. |
Macrourid (Rattail) (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1308m Behaviour: Swimming above the seabed. |
Munida squat lobsters (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1114.6m Behaviour: A group of squat lobsters possibly feeding on the seabed. |
Octocoral and associated ophiuroids from Mauritania (8 files)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1340 Behaviour: Found on a slope |
Octopus from Mauritania (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1314 Behaviour: Resting, Swimming |
Octopus from Mauritania (Benthoctopus sp.?) (14 files)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1313 Behaviour: on seabed |
Orange sponge (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1114.6m Behaviour: An unidentified orange sponge on the seabed. |
Palemonid prawn (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1114.6m Behaviour: A Palemonid prawn swimming. |
Pennatulid sea pen (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1456.7m Behaviour: A Pennatulid sea pen on the seabed. |
Phormosoma urchin (2 files)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1500 Behaviour: Resting on seafloor |
Polycheles crustacean (3 files)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1324 Behaviour: usually found burrowing in seabed. Swims up when disturbed by ROV |
Swimming sea cucumber (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1500 Behaviour: Resting on seafloor |
Venus flytrap anenome (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1500 Behaviour: Attached to seafloor, tentacles closed |
Venus Flytrap Sea anemone (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 1500 Behaviour: Resting |
View of Boa Deep C (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof Depth (m): 0 |
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