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Description: Bathryplotes natans has well developed ventro-lateral tubefeet and few or no tubefeet mid-ventrally, the anus is dorsal. Bathyplotes apparently can swim, or at least is neutrally buoyant so that it can be disturbed easily from the seabed. Item Type: Image Title: Bathyplotes natans Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Bathyplotes natans Behaviour: deposit feeder benthic Site: Atlantic -- Norwegian -- Apollon Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 387 Latitude: 68 deg 03' 16" N Longitude: 5 deg 11' 77" E Countries: Norway -- Norwegian Sector Habitat: benthos Rig: Aker Barents Project Partners: Aker Drilling, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 142 Deposited By: Dr K Kroeger Deposited On: 18 August 2011
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Item Type: Image Title: Paelopatides sea cucumber Copyright: Serpent Project Species: Paelopatides grisea Behaviour: Moving Site: Atlantic -- South Atlantic -- Bonga Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1050 Latitude: 4 deg 33' 00" N Longitude: 4 deg 35' 00" E Countries: West Africa -- Nigeria Habitat: Tropical Mud Rig: Normand Progress Project Partners: Shell, SBM ROV: Triton XLS Deposited By: Rob Curry Deposited On: 13 March 2007
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South Pacific Ocean, Shot at night, Duration 13 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Duration 9 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Duration 11 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Duration 6 seconds
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Sea cucumbers are caught and eaten as beche de mer. They eat sand and detritus, digest the detritus and expel "clean" sand at the other end. One of the strangest symbiotic relationships in the ocean is with the pearl fish which lives inside the cucumber's anus during the day, and emerges at night to feed. They need to move to a better neighbourhood...
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Kenreko, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Bocas Town, Bocas del Toro, Panama
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Onna, Okinawa, Japan
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Singapore, South East, Singapore
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Mabul, Sabah, Malaysia
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Onna, Okinawa, Japan
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Mabul, Sabah, Malaysia
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Pantai Liang, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Description: Bathryplotes natans has well developed ventro-lateral tubefeet and few or no tubefeet mid-ventrally, the anus is dorsal. Bathyplotes apparently can swim, or at least is neutrally buoyant so that it can be disturbed easily from the seabed. Item Type: Image Title: Bathyplotes natans Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Bathyplotes natans Behaviour: deposit feeder benthic Site: Atlantic -- Norwegian -- Apollon Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 387 Latitude: 68 deg 03' 16" N Longitude: 5 deg 11' 77" E Countries: Norway -- Norwegian Sector Habitat: benthos Rig: Aker Barents Project Partners: Aker Drilling, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 142 Deposited By: Dr K Kroeger Deposited On: 18 August 2011
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Item Type: Image Title: Paelopatides sea cucumber Copyright: Serpent Project Species: Paelopatides grisea Behaviour: Swimming Site: Atlantic -- South Atlantic -- Bonga Site Description: Midwater Depth (m): 1061 Latitude: 4 deg 33' 00" N Longitude: 4 deg 35' 00" E Countries: West Africa -- Nigeria Habitat: Tropical Water Column Rig: Normand Progress Project Partners: Shell, SBM ROV: Triton XLS Deposited By: Rob Curry Deposited On: 13 March 2007
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South Pacific Ocean, Shot at dusk, Duration 23 seconds
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Coral Sea, Duration 20 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Shot at dusk, Duration 11 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Duration 6 seconds
