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Description: White asteroid sp. identified by Anna Dilman Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences, Moscow (id on 26 June 2013) Item Type: Image Title: Bathybiaster vexillifer Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Bathybiaster vexillifer Behaviour: Asteroid was disturbed by ROV and then it began to bury itself within the sediment over several minutes Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- LagavulinNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Lagavulin Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1567 Latitude: 62 deg 39' 22" N Longitude: 1 deg 07' 33" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: Benthic Rig: Stena Carron Project Partners: Chevron, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 19 November 2010
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Description: White asteroid Bathybiaster vexillifer. Identified by Anna Dilman Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences, Moscow on 26 June 2013 Item Type: Image Title: Bathybiaster vexillifer Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Bathybiaster vexillifer Behaviour: Asteroid was disturbed by ROV and then it began to bury itself within the sediment over several minutes Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- LagavulinNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Lagavulin Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1567 Latitude: 62 deg 39' 22" N Longitude: 1 deg 07' 33" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: Benthic Rig: Stena Carron Project Partners: Chevron, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 19 November 2010
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Description: A common asteroid in the deep waters of the Norwegian sea and Faroe-Shetland Channel. This was identified from a specimen obtained at Lagavulin by Anna Dilman on 26 June 2013 Item Type: Image Title: Bathybiaster vexillifer Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Bathybiaster vexillifer Site: Atlantic -- Norwegian -- Midnattsol Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 928 Latitude: 64 deg 00' 59" N Longitude: 5 deg 16' 44" E Countries: Norway -- Norwegian Sector Habitat: Benthic Rig: Transocean Leader Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering, Transocean ROV: Magnum 034 (work class) Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 26 June 2013
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Bathybiaster loripes Sladen, 1889 (USNM E38465) arm, ventral view Scale : 1 cm
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Ventral view, dry specimen
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Dorsal view, dry specimen
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Bathybiaster loripes Sladen, 1889 (USNM E38465) ventral view Scale : 2 cm
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Bathybiaster loripes Sladen, 1889 (USNM E38465) dorsal view Scale : 3 cm
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Bathybiaster loripes Sladen, 1889 (USNM E38465) mouth Scale : 3mm
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Ventral close-up view, dry specimen
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Bathybiaster loripes obesus Sladen, 1889 (USNM E53418) arm, dorsal view Scale : 2 cm
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Bathybiaster loripes obesus Sladen, 1889 (USNM E53418) dorsal view Scale : 10 cm
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Bathybiaster loripes obesus Sladen, 1889 (USNM E53523) dorsal view Scale : 1 cm
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Bathybiaster loripes obesus Sladen, 1889 (USNM E53418) arm, ventral view Scale : 4 cm
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Bathybiaster loripes obesus Sladen, 1889 (USNM E53523) ventral view Scale : 1 cm
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Bathybiaster loripes obesus Sladen, 1889 (USNM E53523) ventral view, mouth Scale : 2 mm
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Bathybiaster loripes obesus Sladen, 1889 (USNM E53418) mouth Scale : 2 mm