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 Bathyonus cf. caudalis Garman, 1899 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.2017.04.017; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Bathyonuscf.caudalis; scientificName: Bathyonuscaudalis; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Ophidiiformes; family: Ophidiidae; genus: Bathyonus; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Garman, 1899; 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: -116.6219 ; 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 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler ; 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.2017.04.017; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Bathyonuscf.caudalis; scientificName: Bathyonuscaudalis; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Ophidiiformes; family: Ophidiidae; genus: Bathyonus; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Garman, 1899; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality: Eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone ; verbatimLocality: Site EPIRB; maximumDepthInMeters: 3956; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude: 13.6794 ; decimalLongitude: -114.4144 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy: Astrid Leitner, Jeffrey Drazen, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler ; dateIdentified: 2014; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol: Remotely Operated Vehicle ; eventDate: 2013-10-23 ; eventTime: 13:06; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 7 (RV07); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: UHM ; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Notes Very long tapered body. Usually golden brown in color. Lower rays of pectoral fins free and stronger than upper ones. No prominent spines on head. Pelvic fins reduced to two rays each and below head. Easily distinguished from other ophidiids by the large length to body depth ratio and the free pectoral fin rays. Fig. 44