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Pyrosoma sp.
No full textSuspended in the water columnLarge pelagic colonial tunicate, can be as long as 10-20m. Pyrosomas are characteristcally open at one end and form a point at the other. Unable to identifiy this species of Pyrosoma from these images but this example bears quite a close similarity to Pyrosoma spinosum which is found in the Gulf of Mexico
Bathypterois mediterraneus
No full textBathypterois mediterraneus Bauchot, 1963 was observed resting on the seabed on one occasion before deployment of the bait. It was identified based on its characteristic elongated body with two thickened and elongated pelvic fin rays and pronounced uppermost rays of the pectoral fins (as long as body length)
Cataetyx laticeps
No full textCataetyx laticeps were regularly observed under or around the BOP, both before and after deployment of bait.Cataetyx laticeps is the largest teleost found below 2000 m in the Mediterranean. It has an elongate body and a dorsoventrally flattened head, with dorsal and anal fins confluent with the caudal fin. They were apparently utilizing the structure of the BOP as shelter
Tripod fish
No full textSwimming slowly away from ROV, then turns to face ROV and rests fins on seafloor.Tripod fish swimming above the seabed, then stops to face ROV. Size would be around 0.4m
Hermit Crab
No full textWalking along seafloorHermit crab Pagurus prideaux. Most P. prideaux attach sea anemones Adamsia palliata, the anemones provide protection to the hermit crab
Blue sponge ?hymedesmia sp.?
No full textBlue encrusting sponge possibly Hymedesmia sp. found at Lancaster 9 months after drillin
Rhodichthys regina
No full textSwimmingThreadfin seasnail or Kongeringbuk in Norwegian. A benthic deep sea species
distributed from the Laptev Sea via
the Norwegian Sea as far as
Greenland and Baffin Bay. It has
been recorded from depth between
1394 m to 2365 m. Feeds on
benthic crustaceans
