Pollack and plumose anemones in the North Sea

Description

Pollack and plumose anemones on the subsea structure of the Thistle platform in the North Sea

Item Type:	Image
Title:	Pollack and plumose anemones in the North Sea
Identification:	Guerin, Andrew
Classification:	Chordata (Chordates) > Actinopterygii (Ray finned Fish) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Gadidae (Cods & Haddocks), Cnidaria (Cnidarians) > Anthozoa (Sea Anemones & Corals) > Actinaria (Anemonies) > Metridiidae
Species:	Metridium senile, Pollachius pollachius
Behaviour:	Metridium attached to subsea structre. Pollack swimming around structure
Site:	Atlantic > North Sea
Site Description:	Seafloor
Depth (m):	165
Countries:	UK > North Sea
Habitat:	Temperate
Substratum:	Man made rig structure
Rig:	Thistle A Platform
Project Partners:	Rovtech, Lundin Petroleum, iicorr
Keywords:	Plumose, Metridium, Pollack, Pollachius pollachius, Thistle Platform, North Sea
Deposited By:	Lis Maclaren
Deposited On:	24 May 2007

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