Description: Comatulid crinoid on the seabed.    There is a specimen of the individual photographed. Its sample number is SC/201009/016#1. DNA samples are also available.
Item Type: Image
Title: Poliometra prolixa
Species: Poliometra prolixa
Behaviour: Gripping hard substratum with cirri apparently feeding
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of ShetlandNorth Sea > West of Shetland
Site Description: Seafloor
Depth (m): 1050
Latitude: 60 deg 33' 44" N
Longitude: 4 deg 27' 23" W
Countries: UK > West of Shetland
Habitat: benthic
Rig: Stena Carron
Project Partners: OMV, Oceaneering, Stena
ROV: Magnum 156
Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones
Deposited On: 17 December 2009