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

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

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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:Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Class Ophiuroidea (Brittle stars) > Ophiurida (Brittle Stars) > Ophiothricidae, Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria (Cnidarians) > Anthozoa (Sea Anemones & Corals) > Actiniaria (Anemones) > Actiniidae (Sea anemones), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Class Asteroidea (Sea Stars) > Order Forcipulatida (Sea Stars) > Family Asteriidae (Sea stars), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria (Cnidarians) > Hydrozoa (Polyps, Medusas) > Hydroida > Tubulariidae, Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca (Molluscs) > Class Bivalvia (Bivalves) > Order Mytiloida (Mussels) > Family Mytilidae (Mussels), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum 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
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:Rob Curry
Deposited On:24 May 2007

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