Top Results for Northeast Atlantic

The Great Meteor Guyot is a Miocene-era guyot, a tablemount volcanic formation found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, specifically within the Canary region. It represents one of the largest seamounts in the Atlantic and has been extensively studied by oceanographers due to its unique geological feat...

The European lobster, *Homarus gammarus*, is a sizable crustacean belonging to the Nephropidae family. It inhabits cold-water regions of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Notably, its vibrant blue color distinguishes it from closely related species like the American lobster. Commercial f...

Echinocardium cordatum, commonly called the sea potato, is a species of irregular sea urchin in the order Spatangoida that burrows in sandy marine sediments. Its test is heart-shaped and covered in dense, fine yellowish spines that facilitate movement through sand. The species inhabits coastal water...

The Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) is a slender clawed crustacean found in the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean, commercially marketed as langoustine or Dublin Bay prawn and one of Europe's most economically important seafood species.

The Purple Heart Urchin (Spatangus purpureus) is a species of irregular sea urchin found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, from Norway and Iceland to the coast of West Africa, as well as throughout the Mediterranean Sea. This echinoderm typically reaches 12 centimeters in length and is characteriz...

Brissopsis lyrifera is a species of heart urchin, an infaunal marine invertebrate belonging to the family Brissidae. It inhabits the deeper waters of the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, where it actively burrows into soft sediment environments. The urchin is distinguishable by its el...

The curled octopus, or Eledone cirrhosa, is a species of benthic octopus found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is easily distinguished from other regional octopus species by possessing a single row of suckers on each arm, rather than the typical double row. They are...

The starry ray (Amblyraja radiata), also known as the thorny skate, is a species of marine ray found across the North Atlantic Ocean. Its range extends from Iceland and Greenland to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, and southward along the coasts of Europe and North America. The species is characteri...

Todarodes sagittatus, the European flying squid, is a pelagic squid of the family Ommastrephidae found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. It has a muscular mantle and is a strong swimmer, like other flying squids that move rapidly by jet propulsion. As the largest ommastrephid...

The rugose squat lobster, Munida rugosa, is a marine decapod crustacean commonly associated with rocky and sandy seabeds. It is recorded around the British and Irish coasts and more broadly in the northeastern Atlantic, with records extending south toward Madeira and the Mediterranean. The orange to...

Josephine Guyot, also known as Josephine Seamount, is a submarine volcanic seamount on the Madeira-Tore Rise in the Northeast Atlantic. It rises from water deeper than 4,000 meters to a summit less than 200 meters below sea level. The summit supports dense beds of gorgonian corals and a species-rich...

Loligo forbesii, commonly called the veined squid, is a marine cephalopod in the family Loliginidae. It occurs in the northeastern Atlantic, including waters from Norway southward toward West Africa, and is also found around parts of the Mediterranean region. The species supports commercial and insh...

Sepiola atlantica is a small bobtail squid found in parts of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is a benthic or near-bottom cephalopod that lives in coastal marine habitats rather than occupying the open ocean throughout its life. The species is of interest to marine zoolo...

Cruiser Guyot is a flat-topped submarine volcano, or guyot, in the Mid-Pacific Mountains of the central Pacific Ocean. Like other guyots, it has a broad summit that lies below sea level, a form generally associated with volcanic construction followed by erosion and later subsidence. The feature is o...

Alloteuthis subulata is a species of slender squid in the family Loliginidae, commonly known as the European squid. It occurs in the northeastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean and is associated with coastal and continental-shelf waters. The species is smaller and more slender than some commercially...

Rossia macrosoma is a broad-bodied bobtail squid found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is a benthic cephalopod in the family Sepiolidae, meaning that it is associated with the sea floor rather than living exclusively in open water. The species was originally described by...

Sepiola affinis is a species of bobtail squid native to the Mediterranean Sea and nearby northeastern Atlantic waters. It belongs to the family Sepiolidae, a group of small cephalopods that commonly live near the sea floor. The species was scientifically described by Antoine Risso in 1854 and is rel...

Todaropsis eblanae is the lesser flying squid, a small ommastrephid squid of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is the sole recognized species in the genus Todaropsis, which separates it from the more diverse genera of flying squids. The species is associated with coastal and o...

The Iberian Abyssal Plain is a deep, relatively flat seafloor region of the Northeast Atlantic west of the northern Iberian Peninsula, including the margin west of Portugal and Galicia Bank. It lies at abyssal depths of about 5,000 metres and contains thick sediment sequences over oceanic crust. Oce...

[Neorossia caroli](https://obis.org/taxon/141447), the Carol bobtail squid, is a species of bobtail squid in the family Sepiolidae. It was described by Joubin in 1902 and is an accepted species in current taxonomic databases, with Rossia caroli recorded as a synonym. It is a bottom-living deep-water...

The Canary Basin is a deep oceanic basin in the northeastern Atlantic, west of the Canary Islands and northwest Africa. Its seafloor reaches depths of about 5,000 metres and forms part of the abyssal environment between the African continental margin and the open Atlantic farther west. The basin is...

Thymopides grobovi is a deepwater nephropsid lobster from the northeastern Atlantic, known from limited specimens and named in recognition of Soviet marine biologist contributions to deep-sea crustacean taxonomy.