Megafauna of the UKSRL exploration contract area and eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean: Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chordata, Ctenophora, Mollusca Author Amon, Diva J Author Ziegler, Amanda F Author Drazen, Jeffrey C Author Grischenko, Andrei V Author Leitner, Astrid B Author Lindsay, Dhugal J Author Voight, Janet R Author Wicksten, Mary K Author Young, Craig M Author Smith, Craig R text Biodiversity Data Journal 2017 5 14598 14598 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e14598 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e14598 1314-2828-5-14598 Barathrites cf. iris Zugmayer, 1911 Barathrites cf. iris In the "Atlas of Abyssal Megafauna Morphotypes of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone" created for the ISA (http://ccfzatlas.com/), this morphospecies is listed as " Ophidiidae morphotype 2". Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Jeffrey Drazen, Astrid Leitner ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: Adult ; behavior: Swimming; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; associatedReferences: Leitner A, Neuheimer A, Donlon E, Smith CR, Drazen JC. Environmental and bathymetric influences on abyssal bait-attending communities of the Clarion Clipperton Zone. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2017.05; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Barathritescf.iris; scientificName: Barathritesiris; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Ophidiiformes; family: Ophidiidae; genus: Barathrites; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Zugmayer, 1911; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1) ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum B; maximumDepthInMeters: 4212; locationRemarks: RV Thompson Cruise TN319; decimalLatitude: 12.5126 ; decimalLongitude: -116.6224 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy: Astrid Leitner, Jeffrey Drazen, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler ; dateIdentified: 2015; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol: Baited Camera ; eventDate: 2015-03-03 ; eventTime: 21:13; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: CA06; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: UHM ; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Notes Often bright white or mottled white/brown. Head small with distinct snout and curved downturned mouth. Relatively deep-bodied. Pelvic fins reduced to two rays each and under head forward of gill slit. Readily distinguished from other ophidiids by head morphology and body depth. Fig. 42