Image of sun stars
Description:
Description: Artic rockling observed presumably avoiding strong currents in the shelter of a rock and soft coral (Gersemia) on the seabed. Also note the Sunstar (Crossaster sp.).
Item Type: Image
Title: Arctic rockling
Copyright: SERPENT Project
Species: Gaidropsarus argentatus, Gersemia, Crossaster
Behaviour: avoiding strong currents
Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Rosebank
North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Rosebank
Site Description: Seafloor
Depth (m): 1085
Latitude: 60 deg 59' 33" N
Longitude: 3 deg 49' 49" E
Countries: UK -- West of Shetland
Habitat: Benthic
Rig: Transocean Rather
Project Partners: Chevron, Subsea 7, Transocean
ROV: Centurion 05 HD (work class)
Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates
Deposited On: 29 June 2015
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Echinodermata (echinoderms)
- Asterozoa ("Starfish, brittle stars, and basket stars")
- Asteroidea (sea stars)
- Valvatida (An order of starfish)
- Solasteridae (sun stars)
- Crossaster
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