Image of Nymphaster Sladen 1889
Description:
Description: Nymphaster arenatus Seastar on the seabed.
The specimen photographed was identified by the museum in Caracas, Venezuela. It was Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) (Asteroidea:Goniasteridae)which is common between 275 and 3000 mts from the Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela
Item Type: Image
Title: Nymphaster arenatus Seastar
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Species: Nymphaster arenatus
Behaviour: A Nymphaster arenatus Seastar probably feeding on the seabed.
Site: Atlantic -- Venezuelan Basin
Site Description: Seafloor
Depth (m): 543
Latitude: 9 deg 44' 07" N
Longitude: 59 deg 44' 60" W
Countries: South America -- Venezuela
Rig: Transocean Sovereign Explorer
Project Partners: Statoil, Transocean, Subsea 7
ROV: Centurion 38 HD
Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones
Deposited On: 08 February 2010
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Echinodermata (echinoderms)
- Asterozoa ("Starfish, brittle stars, and basket stars")
- Asteroidea (sea stars)
- Valvatida (An order of starfish)
- Goniasteridae
- Nymphaster
- Nymphaster arenatus
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