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King Crab
No full textOn seabed.King (Lithodid) Crab
Large lithodid crab seen in the rocky areas only. Up to 500 mm in total width. Has the body shape and gait you would expect from local species Paralomis cristulata and africana. It doesn’t look exactly like either of them, although it is probably closely related. For now, it is most like Paralomis cristulata – previously known from the Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau
Hermit crab
No full textP. prideaux has a symbiotic relationship with the anemone Adamsia carciniopados, which it carries on its shell. The anemone offers protection while gaining food from the crab’s feeding. The anemone's tentacles can be seen in this picture underneath the crab's shell.
At Lancaster P. prideaux were found at a density of 0.11 individuals meter square
Chimera
No full textSwimming just above seabed.Over 1000 mm length. This is a Chimaeridae of either genus
Chimaera or Hydrolagus. The distinction depends on whether or not the anal fin is divided, and that feature cannot be
checked from this perspective. Ken Sulak’s guess from overall shape of the body is Chimaera. There are several
parasitic laernaid copepods attached to the head and tip of
the dorsal fin
Cusk Eel
No full textSwimming in the water column.Over 1000 mm length. This is an image of the neobythitine ophidioid species Xyelacyba myersi. This is a definite ID. Ken Sulak has recently imaged this same species in the Bahamas. Nothing else looks like this fish
Ray
No full textSwimming over seabed.Over 1000 mm length. Genus Dipturus, very similar to D.
linteus of W. Atlantic, and depth range is right, 400 - 2,200 m
Long-nosed Chimaera
No full textSwimming in the water column.Over 1000 mm length. A Rhinochimeridae, looks like the genus Harriotta, but this is tentative
Seastar Pteraster miliaris
No full textOn the seafloor, possibly feeding.Identified from specimen of individual photographed
