Community of anemones, sea stars, brittle stars, mussels and hydroids in the North Sea

Description

A community of soft corals, sea stars, brittle stars, anemones, mussels and hydroids living on and around the bottom of the Heather Alpha platform in the North Sea

Item Type:	Image
Title:	Community of anemones, sea stars, brittle stars, mussels and hydroids in the North Sea
Identification:	Guerin, Andrew
Classification:	Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Ophiuroidea (Brittle stars) > Ophiurida (Brittle Stars) > Ophiothricidae, Cnidaria (Cnidarians) > Anthozoa (Sea Anemones & Corals) > Actinaria (Anemonies) > Actiniidae (Sea anemones), Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Asteroidea (Starfish & Sea Stars) > Forcipulatida (Sea Stars) > Asteriidae (Sea stars), Cnidaria (Cnidarians) > Hydrozoa (Polyps, Medusas) > Hydroida > Tubulariidae, Mollusca (Molluscs) > Bivalvia (Bivalves) > Mytiloida (Mussels) > Mytilidae (Mussels), Cnidaria (Cnidarians) > Anthozoa (Sea Anemones & Corals) > Alcyonacea (Soft Corals) > Alcyoniidae
Species:	Urticina sp., Mytilus edulis, Tubularia sp., Ophiothrix fragilis, Alcyonium digitatum, Asterias rubens, Metridium senile
Behaviour:	Living on subsea structure
Site:	Atlantic > North Sea
Site Description:	Seafloor
Depth (m):	approx 40
Countries:	UK > North Sea
Habitat:	Temperate
Substratum:	Rocky, rig structure
Rig:	Heather Alpha
Project Partners:	Rovtech, Lundin Petroleum, iicorr
Keywords:	Algae, mussels, anemones, hydroids, sea stars, spiny, brittle stars, soft coral
Deposited By:	Lis Maclaren
Deposited On:	24 May 2007

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