Euplectellidae Gray 1867

Description: Digital still collected as part of CODEMAP Item Type: Image Title: Euplectella Copyright: CODEMAP Species: Euplectella Site: Atlantic -- Celtic Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): -1576.16 Latitude: 48 deg 36' 20" N Longitude: 9 deg 57' 45" W Countries: UK -- Whittard Canyon Habitat: Submarine Canyon Rig: RRS James Cook ROV: ISIS Deposited By: Ms Katleen Robert Deposited On: 13 September 2013

Description: Porifera (Phylum)> Hexactinellida (Class)> Hexasterophora (Subclass) > Lyssacinosida (Order)> Euplectellidae (Family) The glass sponge was seen attached to rocks at Mzia-2 (1600 m) and, more frequently, at Pweza-3 (1380 m). The specimens may represent one of several genera within the sub-family Corbitellinae but it is most likely Regadrella sp. Item Type: Image Title: Regadrella sp. Copyright: SERPENT Species: Regadrella sp. Site: Indian -- Indian Ocean -- East Africa -- Pweza-3 Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1388 Latitude: 8 deg 23' 00" S Longitude: 40 deg 04' 00" E Countries: East Africa -- Tanzania Habitat: Benthic Rig: Deep Sea Metro I Project Partners: BG Group, Oceaneering ROV: Millennium 113 Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 03 March 2015

Dictyaulus elegans, a kind of Venus' Flower-basket, from the Laccadive Sea, 705 fathoms.... Only the upper part of the Sponge is represented.

published in Rarest of the Rare

This image was created in conjunction with the "Tangible Things" exhibit at the Harvard Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments.

An account of the Indian Triaxonia collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator /. Calcutta :Printed by order of the Trustees of the Indian Museum,1902.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9628650

An account of the Indian Triaxonia collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator /. Calcutta :Printed by order of the Trustees of the Indian Museum,1902.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9628638

An account of the Indian Triaxonia collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator /. Calcutta :Printed by order of the Trustees of the Indian Museum,1902.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9628654

An account of the Indian Triaxonia collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator /. Calcutta :Printed by order of the Trustees of the Indian Museum,1902.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9628642

An account of the Indian Triaxonia collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator /. Calcutta :Printed by order of the Trustees of the Indian Museum,1902.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9628646

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas. Image is part of Figure 8 from the following publication:https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=382781  

IZ_1596628_FrameGrab_07.jpg; EX1905L2_IMG_20190903T174855Z_ROVHD.jpg

IZ_1465258_LabImage_02.jpg; EX1504L2_20150806T232311Z_D2_DIVE05_SPEC02BIO_L02_adj.jpg

USNM 1424107 Lab Image 2; EX1605L1_20160505T004816_D2_DIVE14_SPEC02BIO_L06.JPG

IZ_1660280_LabImage_1.tif; EX2107_IMG_20211103T165333Z_SMPWLF_D06_04B_L02.jpg

IZ_1465275_FrameGrab_06.jpg; EX1504L4_IMG_20150918T015235Z_D2_DIVE04_SPEC01BIO_01.jpg

IZ_1467612_CPHD_02.jpg; EX1708_IMG_20170920T222549Z_CPHD.jpg

IZ_1467589_FrameGrab_01.jpg; EX1708_IMG_20170916T230630Z_ROVHD.jpg

IZ_1424187_FrameGrab_02.jpg; EX1605L3_IMG_20160705T230652Z_D2_DIVE19_SPEC02BIO_01.jpg