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Sponge Cladorhiza gelida
No full textAttached to seafloor.A specimen has earlier been taken at about 60°N, 5°E, about 1140 m. Otherwise, the species is distributed at large depths in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea.
Carniverous
Seastar Pontaster tenuispinus
No full textOn the seafloor, possibly feeding.Identified from specimen of individual photographed
Scorpion fish Cottunculus microps
No full textResting on the seafloor.A sculpin or scorpion fish resting on the seafloor
Pontaster tenuispinus
No full textA species of asteroid often seen in the deep waters of the Norwegian Basin and Faroe Shetland Channel. Identified from specimen
Pontaster tenuispinus
No full textPartially covered by the sediment (Ophiacantha bidentata in corner of image)A species of asteroid often seen in the deep waters of the Norwegian Basin and Faroe Shetland Channe
Sea Cucumber
No full textOn seabedProbable holothurian seen on soft sediment. The other possibility is that it is a polychaete of the genus
Aphrodite. Approximate length 150 mm
Seastar (ophiuroid)
No full textOn seabed.Large ophiuroid. Can swim quickly when approached by the ROV. It is approximately 150 mm in total diameter (arm tip
to arm tip
Sea urchin
No full textOn seabed.This is the most abundant megafaunal organism at Usan. It is from 50 to 120 mm in diameter