Plumose anemones, sea stars and brittle stars in the North Sea
Description
Plumose anemones, ophiuroids, sea stars and mussel shells near the base of the Thistle platform in the North Sea
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Plumose anemones, sea stars and brittle stars in the North Sea |
| Identification: | Guerin, Andrew |
| Classification: | Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Ophiuroidea (Brittle stars) > Ophiurida (Brittle Stars) > Ophiothricidae, Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Asteroidea (Starfish & Sea Stars) > Forcipulatida (Sea Stars) > Asteriidae (Sea stars), Cnidaria (Cnidarians) > Anthozoa (Sea Anemones & Corals) > Actinaria (Anemonies) > Metridiidae |
| Species: | Metridium senile, Asterias rubens, Ophiuthrix fragilis, Urticina sp. |
| Behaviour: | Attached to and living on seabed |
| Site: | Atlantic > North Sea |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 165 |
| Countries: | UK > North Sea |
| Habitat: | Temperate |
| Substratum: | Rock and sand |
| Rig: | Thistle A Platform |
| Project Partners: | Rovtech, Lundin Petroleum, iicorr |
| Keywords: | Plumose, Metridium, brittle stars, ophiuroids, sea stars, starfish, mussel shells, Thistle Platform, North Sea |
| Deposited By: | Lis Maclaren |
| Deposited On: | 24 May 2007 |
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