Community of anemones, sea stars, brittle stars, mussels and hydroids in the North Sea
  DescriptionA 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 |
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| Title: | Community of anemones, sea stars, brittle stars, mussels and hydroids in the North Sea |
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| Identification: | Guerin, Andrew |
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| 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 |
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| Species: | Urticina sp., Mytilus edulis, Tubularia sp., Marthasterias glacialis, Ophiothrix fragilis, Alcyonium digitatum |
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| Behaviour: | Living on subsea structure |
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| Site: | Atlantic > North Sea
North Sea |
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| Site Description: | Seafloor |
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| Depth (m): | approx 40 |
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| Countries: | UK > North Sea |
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| Habitat: | Temperate |
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| Substratum: | Rocky, rig structure |
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| Rig: | Heather Alpha |
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| Project Partners: | Rovtech, Lundin Petroleum, iicorr |
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| Keywords: | Algae, mussels, anemones, hydroids, sea stars, spiny, brittle stars, soft coral |
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| Deposited By: | Rob Curry |
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| Deposited On: | 24 May 2007 |
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