Bathycrinus complanatus

Description

General: White, 10 arms. Identification established via specimens trawled from Station M (4,070 – 4,135 m by R/V New Horizon).

Geographic Information

Habitat description: Benthic, soft sediment.

Ocean range (global): Northern Pacific from east of the Japan Trench and Kamtschatka Peninsula to off the California margin and Peru Trench.

Published depth range: 2,867 – ~6,200 m

Additional Information

References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Lauerman, L.M.L., R.S. Kaufmann, and K.L. Smith Jr. (1996). Distribution and abundance of epibenthic megafauna at a long time-series station in the abyssal northeast Pacific. Deep Sea Research 1, 43: 1075-1103 (as Bathycrinus sp.).