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Cirrate octopus
No full textSwimmingA cirrate octopus observed during ROV transit between the rig and a SERPENT experimental statio
Umbellula sp
No full textThis seapen was observed close to a pilot well. Several individuals were seen at the location.
A specimen collected from the same location after drilling has been identified as Umbellula encrinu
Skate
No full textSwimmingSkate at 1100m depth in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel. May be Amblyraja hyperborea or Dipturus linteus
Tubularia
No full textSessile organismTubularia covered with amphipod tubes on a rock on the sea bed at Midnattso
Gorgonocephalus sp.
No full textFeedingThese basket stars were observed at the top of a ridge on the seabed using their branched arms for filter feeding in the strong currents
Democrinus sp. or Monachocrinus sp.
No full texton seabedDemocrinus sp. or Monachocrinus sp. on the seabed.
The photo is almost certainly not an isocrinid (or pentacrinitid according to my French colleagues). The stalk appears to be covered by either hydroids or zoanthids (which I have seen before) that can look a bit like the cirri of isocrinids. There is also a brittlestar at the base of the crinoid. Also, no isocrinids have only 5 unbranched rays at the size you record (It is about 150 mm in stalk length). In 550 m water depth, it is most likely Democrinus or Monachocrinus caribbeus
Anemone
No full textAnemone located in clear patch of sediment surrounded by brittle stars Ophiothrix fragilisOrange and white anemone on the seafloor surrounded by a dense aggregation of Ophiothrix fragili