Image of Velatida Perrier 1884
Description:
Description: Identified from specimen of individual photographed.
Item Type: Image
Title: Seastar Pteraster miliaris
Copyright: SERPENT project
Species: Pteraster militaris
Behaviour: On the seafloor, possibly feeding.
Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Tornado
North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Tornado
Site Description: Seafloor
Depth (m): 1050
Latitude: 60 deg 33' 44" N
Longitude: 4 deg 27' 23" W
Countries: UK -- West of Shetland
Habitat: benthic
Rig: Stena Carron
Project Partners: OMV, Oceaneering, Stena
ROV: Magnum 156
Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones
Deposited On: 23 December 2009
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)
- Velatida
- Pterasteridae
- Pteraster (slime stars)
- Pteraster militaris (Wrinkled slime star)
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