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Crinoid
No full textA deep-water stalked crinoid. It is likely to be Bathycrinus carpenterii, which is the larger of the two stalked crinoids known to occur in the cold waters of FSC and Norway.
The idenification is not certain as no specimen was collected but the 10 visible arms (because of a split in the basal part of the 5 arms) suggests B. carpenteri rather than the other known species from the area, Rhizocrinus lofotensis, which has no basal split and therefore 5 visible arms
Anemone and Sea spider
No full textThe sea spider is feeding on the anemoneSea spider (Pycnogonid) Nymphon sp. and an anemone of the 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)
Colus sp.
No full textFeeding aggregationAggreation on the seabed of two gastropod molluscs, Colus sp. The aggreation is on a cluster of mussels Mytilus edulis which have most liklely fallen off the rig. There is also a asteroid starfish Crossaster sp. and a Shrimp Pandalus sp
