Image of Polychelidae Wood-Mason 1875
Description:
Description: Strange bathyal crustacean found living in soft sediment. Probably uses long claws to dig out polychaetes from burrows.
Item Type: Image
Title: Polycheles crustacean
Species: Polycheles sp.
Behaviour: usually found burrowing in seabed. Swims up when disturbed by ROV
Site: Atlantic -- Northern Tropical Atlantic -- Tiof
Site Description: Seafloor
Depth (m): 1324
Latitude: 17 deg 57' 05" N
Longitude: 16 deg 51' 49" W
Countries: West Africa -- Mauritania
Rig: Boa Deep C
Project Partners: Woodside, Oceaneering
ROV: Millenium 22
Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones
Deposited On: 29 January 2010
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Multicrustacea (typical crustaceans)
- Malacostraca (malacostracans)
- Eumalacostraca
- Eucarida
- Decapoda (decapods)
- Polychelidae
- Eryonoidea
- Polycheles
- Panarthropoda
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