Description: A species of asteroid often seen in the deep waters of the Norwegian Basin and Faroe Shetland Channel Item Type: Image Title: Pontaster tenuispinus Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Pontaster tenuispinus, Ophiacantha bidentata Behaviour: Partially covered by the sediment (Ophiacantha bidentata in corner of image) Site: Atlantic -- Norwegian -- Asterix Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1350 Latitude: 5 deg 17' 25" N Longitude: 67 deg 01' 02" E Countries: Norway -- Norwegian Sector Habitat: Benthic Rig: Transocean Leader Project Partners: StatoilHydro, Oceaneering, Transocean ROV: Magnum 018 Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 31 March 2009
Henry Astley explains how brittlestars move. In the first year of his thesis research at Brown, Henry closely observed brittlestars over the course of a week at South Water Caye in Belize. The paper describing his findings, titled ""Getting around when youâre round: quantitative analysis of the locomotion of the blunt-spined brittle star, Ophiocoma echinata"", has just been published in the Journal of Experimental Biology (http://jeb.biologists.org/content/215/11/1923.abstract).
Natividad Chen recorded, illustrated, and produced this episode. The animations were photographed at the Brown University Science Center. The song is Forward, by the band Northbound (available at http://freemusicarchive.org/).
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University of Bergen. University of Bergen, Natural History Collections. University of Bergen. Year: 2014. Contact: Katrine.Kongshavn@um.uib.no.
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University of Bergen. University of Bergen, Natural History Collections. University of Bergen. Year: 2014. Contact: Katrine.Kongshavn@um.uib.no.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, California. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research - EX1702. Year: 2017.
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