Image of Colossendeidae

Description:

Description: Large ball like structure of Sea spiders Pycnogonids, unable to identify species from the image, there is also a Colossendeis proboscidea with a nymphoid pycnogonid on it.
Item Type: Image
Copyright: SERPENT project
Species: Colossendeis proboscidea
Behaviour: Large, dense aggragation and one large individual carrying another
Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Rosebank
North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Rosebank
Site Description: Seafloor
Depth (m): 1124
Latitude: 60 deg 59' 03" N
Longitude: 3 deg 49' 04" W
Countries: UK -- West of Shetland
Habitat: Benthic
Rig: Stena Carron
Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean
Deposited On: 09 December 2010