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South Pacific Ocean, Shot at night, Duration 8 seconds
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Description: Sea spider walking over the sea bed Item Type: Image Title: Colossendeis proboscidea Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Colossendeis proboscidea Site: Atlantic -- Norwegian -- Midnattsol Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 928 Latitude: 64 deg 00' 59" N Longitude: 5 deg 16' 44" E Countries: Norway -- Norwegian Sector Habitat: Benthic Rig: Transocean Leader Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering, Transocean ROV: Magnum 034 (work class) Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 14 April 2008
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Description: Sea spider (Pycnogonid) Nymphon sp. and a tubular sponge sp.
Item Type: Image Title: Sea spider on tubular sponge Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Nymphon sp. Behaviour: The sea spider is feeding on the sponge Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- BrugdanNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- Brugdan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 480 Countries: Faroe Islands Habitat: Benthic Rig: Stena Don Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 070, Sea Owl 590 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 13 December 2010
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South Pacific Ocean, Shot at night, Duration 12 seconds
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Description: A sea spider walking across the sea bed, there are also sabellid polychaete worms and sea pens in the image Item Type: Image Title: Sea spider, tube worms and sea pens Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Colossendeis proboscidea, Sabellid, Pennatulid Behaviour: walking Site: Atlantic -- Norwegian -- Midnattsol Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 928 Latitude: 64 deg 00' 59" N Longitude: 5 deg 16' 44" E Countries: Norway -- Norwegian Sector Habitat: Benthic Rig: Transocean Leader Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering, Transocean ROV: Magnum 034 (work class) Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 20 May 2008
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Description: The anemone at the fore grround of the image is a member of the Hormathiidae family, this is one of the two more diverse families in the deep sea and many of the taxa are distinguished based on internal anatomy (Such as how many pairs of mesenteries are complete or the size of nematocysts). There is a sea spider pycnogonid Nymphon sp. behond the anemone and the furthest away anemone is unable to be identified in this image.
Item Type: Image Title: Anemone Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Nymphon sp. Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- BrugdanNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- Brugdan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 480 Countries: Faroe Islands Habitat: Benthic Rig: Stena Don Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 070, Sea Owl 590 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 13 December 2010
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South Pacific Ocean, Shot at night, Duration 18 seconds
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Description: A sea spider walking across the sea bed, there are also sabellid polychaete worms and sea pens in the image Item Type: Image Title: Sea spider, tube worms and sea pens Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Colossendeis proboscidea, Sabellid, Pennatulid Behaviour: walking Site: Atlantic -- Norwegian -- Midnattsol Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 928 Latitude: 64 deg 00' 59" N Longitude: 5 deg 16' 44" E Countries: Norway -- Norwegian Sector Habitat: Benthic Rig: Transocean Leader Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering, Transocean ROV: Magnum 034 (work class) Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 20 May 2008
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South Pacific Ocean, Duration 10 seconds
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Description: Sea spider walking over the sea bed Item Type: Image Title: Colossendeis proboscidea Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Colossendeis proboscidea Site: Atlantic -- Norwegian -- Midnattsol Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 928 Latitude: 64 deg 00' 59" N Longitude: 5 deg 16' 44" E Countries: Norway -- Norwegian Sector Habitat: Benthic Rig: Transocean Leader Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering, Transocean ROV: Magnum 034 (work class) Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 16 December 2009
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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 -- RosebankNorth 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
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Description: Sea spider pycnogonid, Colossendeis proboscidea Item Type: Image Title: Colossendeis proboscidea Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Colossendeis proboscidea Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- BrugdanNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- Brugdan Countries: Faroe Islands Habitat: Benthic Rig: Stena Don Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 070, Sea Owl 590 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 13 December 2010
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Description: Sea spider (Pycnogonid) Colossendeis proboscidea Item Type: Image Title: Colossendeis proboscidea Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Colossendeis proboscidea Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- BrugdanNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- Brugdan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 480 Countries: Faroe Islands Habitat: Benthic Rig: Stena Don Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 070, Sea Owl 590 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 14 December 2010
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Description: The species is possibly C. colossea but it is necessary to observe the palp articles, which are not visible from the photograph, to confirm the identification Item Type: Image Title: Colossendeis Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Colossendeis sp. Behaviour: On the seabed Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- RosebankNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Rosebank Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1085 Latitude: 60 deg 59' 33" N Longitude: 3 deg 49' 49" E Habitat: Benthic Rig: Transocean Rather Project Partners: Chevron, Subsea 7, Transocean ROV: Centurion 05 HD (work class) Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 17 July 2007
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Description: Sea spider Pycnogonid, Colossendeis sp. its very difficult to identify pycnogonids from images alone, as idenfication is doen by examining the chela and palps. Item Type: Image Title: Colossendeis sp. Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Colossendeis sp. Behaviour: Walking along the seafloor Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- BrugdanNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- Brugdan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 480 Countries: Faroe Islands Habitat: Benthic Rig: Stena Don Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 070, Sea Owl 590 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 14 December 2010
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Description: Collossendeis colossea is widely known from
water deeper than 860 m. Male
pycnogonids carry the juveniles on
their “ovigers”. Item Type: Image Title: Colossendeis sp. Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Colossendeis sp. Site: Atlantic -- Norwegian -- Dalsnuten Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1452 Latitude: 66 deg 34' 33" N Longitude: 3 deg 32' 46" E Countries: Norway -- Norwegian Sector Habitat: Benthic Rig: Aker Barents Project Partners: Shell, Aker Drilling, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 142 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 23 February 2011
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Item Type: Image Title: Giant sea spider Copyright: Serpent Project Species: Colossendeis sp. Behaviour: Crawling Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- LagganNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Laggan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 650 Latitude: 60 deg 56' 00" N Longitude: 2 deg 53' 00" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: Temperate Gravel and Sand Rig: Jack Bates Laggan Project Partners: Total, Transocean, Subsea 7 ROV: Clansman 2 Deposited By: Rob Curry Deposited On: 13 March 2007
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Item Type: Video Title: Giant sea spider Species: Colossendeis sp. Behaviour: Resting Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- LagganNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Laggan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 650 Latitude: 60 deg 56' 43" N Longitude: 2 deg 53' 28" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: Temperate Muddy Sand Rig: Jack Bates Laggan Project Partners: Total, Transocean, Subsea 7 ROV: Clansman 2 Deposited By: Rob Curry Deposited On: 13 March 2007
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2005 California Academy of Sciences
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Female sea spider on hydroid Aglaophenia latirostris, 8 mm across. Moves very deliberately. Feeds on the hydroid. This individual has lost one leg, but it will not be replaced as these arthropods do not molt.
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Figure 2.Ammotheidae 1; A, B: Achelia echinata, male, dorsal view; scales 500 µm and 250 µm, respectively; C, D: Achelia langi, male, dorsal view; scales 1 mm and 500 µm, respectively; E, F: Achelia vulgaris, male, dorsal view; scales 1 mm and 250 µm, respectively.
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This pair of individuals, which includes the individual shown at the top of the page, were both on the same anenome. Though I did not check thoroughly, I did not see ovigerous legs on either individual suggesting they are both female.
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In this closeup view one can see the tiny turretlike head with 4 eyes (near the left end of the body, between the left (front) pair of legs). The proboscis is much larger than the head and extends to the left of the body.
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Pycnogonum stearnsi from Little Corona del Mar, CA. Total leg span about 1 cm. Animal was in a tidepool next to the base of an Anthopleura sola anemone. The head with its large proboscis is facing left (there is a bubble at the tip of the proboscis) (Photo by: Dave Cowles, November 2006)
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Here is an even closer view of the turret-like head, which appears as a small tubercle covered with 4 eyes, and also of the proboscis