Asterinidae Gray 1840

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Description: The goosefoot starfish Item Type: Image Title: Anseropoda placenta Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Anseropoda placenta Site: Atlantic -- Irish Shelf -- Cashel Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 174 Latitude: 54 deg 42' 23" N Longitude: 10 deg 26' 20" W Countries: Republic of Ireland Habitat: Benthic Rig: Ocean Vanguard Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering, Diamond Offshore ROV: Magnum 085 Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 29 September 2008

Description: Tremaster mirabilis at Laggan Item Type: Image Title: Tremaster mirabilis at Laggan Species: Tremaster mirabilis Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- LagganNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Laggan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 600 Latitude: 60 deg 56' 00" N Longitude: 2 deg 53' 00" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Rig: Paul B Loyd Jnr Project Partners: Total, Transocean, Subsea 7 ROV: Clansman 2 Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones Deposited On: 09 August 2013

Asterina miniata.

Description: Goosefoot Starfish Anseropoda placenta Item Type: Image Title: Goosefoot star Species: Anseropoda placenta Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- WhirlwindNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Whirlwind Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 184 Latitude: 60 deg 17' 01" N Longitude: 3 deg 50' 19" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: Benthic Rig: Borgsten Dolphin Project Partners: Hurricane Exploration (HEX), Subsea 7 ROV: Pioneer 027 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 11 November 2010

Description: Tremaster mirabilis at Laggan Item Type: Image Title: Tremaster mirabilis at Laggan Species: Tremaster mirabilis Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- LagganNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Laggan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 600 Latitude: 60 deg 56' 00" N Longitude: 2 deg 53' 00" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Rig: Paul B Loyd Jnr Project Partners: Total, Transocean, Subsea 7 ROV: Clansman 2 Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones Deposited On: 09 August 2013

Item Type: Image Title: Anseropoda placenta Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Anseropoda placenta Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- LancasterNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Lancaster Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 147 Latitude: 60 deg 11' 13" N Longitude: 3 deg 51' 18" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: benthic Rig: Sedco 712 Project Partners: Hurricane Energy, Transocean, Fugro ROV: Fugro Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 20 October 2014

This closeup shows the seastar's sieve plate together with the skin gills.

An orange individual from a San Simeon, CA tidepool. About 15 cm diameter. Photo by Dave Cowles, May 1995 These individuals were in the bay at Bodega Marine Lab, California. Photograph by Dave Cowles, August 2010

A small Patiria miniata at Cape Flattery, WA (Photo by: Dave Cowles, July 2001)

sea star, gastropods