Sea stars, cup corals and brittle stars in the North Sea

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Brittle stars, sea stars, anemones, devonshire cup corals and mussel shells near the base of the Thistle platform in the North Sea

Item Type:	Image
Title:	Sea stars, cup corals and brittle stars 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), Cnidaria (Cnidarians) > Anthozoa (Sea Anemones & Corals) > Scleractinia (Stony corals) > Carophylliidae (Stony coral), Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Asteroidea (Starfish & Sea Stars) > Forcipulatida (Sea Stars) > Asteriidae (Sea stars)
Species:	Asterias rubens, Ophiuthrix fragilis, Urticina sp., Caryophyllia smithii
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:	Brittle stars, ophiuroids, sea stars, starfish, cup corals, mussel shells, Thistle Platform, North Sea
Deposited By:	Lis Maclaren
Deposited On:	24 May 2007

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