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New Zealand Pyre Seamount, Graveyard seamount complex

New Zealand Pyre Seamount, Graveyard seamount complex
Description: RV Tangaroa station TAN0604/73 (1047-1160 m). Deepsea coral (primarily Solenosmilia variabilis), Stylasteridae (Calyptopora reticulata), comatulid crinoids and an Orange Roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus).
Collected using the Deep-Towed Imaging System (DTIS) of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand
Author: Schnabel, Kareen ()
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added on 2010-11-08 - 621 views
WoRMS Taxa on this image:
Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett, 1889
Solenosmilia variabilis Duncan, 1873
Calyptopora reticulata Boschma, 1968

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