Image of hammerhead sharks

Description:

Description: A scalloped hammerhead seen with a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) at over 1000 m depth. At the time of publication this is the deepest record of this species. The observation is described in the SERPENT Project publication: Alec B.M. Moore and Andrew R. Gates (2015). Deep-water observation of scalloped hammerhead Sphyrna lewini in the western Indian Ocean off Tanzania. Marine Biodiversity Records, 8, e91 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755267215000627
Item Type: Image
Title: Scalloped hammerhead
Copyright: SERPENT
Species: Sphyrna lewini
Behaviour: Swimming at the seabed at --1000 m depth
Site: Indian -- Indian Ocean -- East Africa
Site Description: Seafloor
Depth (m): 1043
Latitude: 10 deg 00' 00" S
Longitude: 40 deg 00' 00" E
Countries: East Africa -- Tanzania
Rig: Deep Sea Metro I
Project Partners: BG Group, Oceaneering
ROV: Millennium 113
Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates
Deposited On: 24 June 2015