Description: Lithodid from near abandoned oil well off Mauritania. Best identification is Neolithodes asperrimus although picture quality prevents high confidence.
Item Type: Image
Title: Lithodid crab from Mauritania (Neolithodes asperrimus)
Species: Neolithodes asperrimus
Behaviour: near oil well protection structure
Site: Atlantic -- Northern Tropical Atlantic -- Tiof
Site Description: Seafloor
Depth (m): 1315
Latitude: 17 deg 56' 18" N
Longitude: 16 deg 52' 03" W
Countries: West Africa -- Mauritania
Rig: Boa Deep C
Project Partners: Woodside, Oceaneering
ROV: Millenium 22
Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones
Deposited On: 12 January 2010