Description: A "blobfish" encountered during an ROV video survey at over 1300 m depth off Tanzania. A species from the family Psychrolutidae. Item Type: Image Title: Blobfish Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Psychrolutes?, Paragorgia Behaviour: Hiding behind Paragorgia (bubblegum) coral. Site: Indian -- Indian Ocean -- East Africa -- Pweza-3 Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1380 Countries: East Africa -- Tanzania Rig: Deep Sea Metro I Project Partners: BG Group, Oceaneering ROV: Millennium 113 Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 13 August 2014
Leen P. van Ofwegen, Yehuda Benayahu, Catherine S. McFadden
Zookeys
Figure 1.Sinularia australiensis sp. n., A holotype NTM C14519 B paratype NTM C14492 C paratype NTM C14520 D paratype NTM C14521. Scale at A also applies to B, scale at C also to D.
Catherine S. McFadden, Leen P. van Ofwegen
Zookeys
Figure 2.Sclerites of Sphaerasclera flammicerebra comb. n. MNHN-IK-2012-12004. A–C Surface layer of polyparium A Small radiates (0.05 mm scale bar) B Larger radiates and two small spheroids C Large tuberculate spheroids D–F Interior of polyparium D Small radiates (0.05 mm scale bar) E Larger radiate and three small spheroids F Large tuberculate spheroids.
Anna Halász, Catherine S. McFadden, Dafna Aharonovich, Robert Toonen, Yehuda Benayahu
Zookeys
Figure 14.Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Ovabunda impulsatilla (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971) holotype (HUJ I Co. 84). a Regular sclerites b Fused sclerites. Scale bar 10 µm.