Community of soft corals, anemones, mussels and hydroids in the North Sea
 DescriptionA community of soft corals, 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 soft corals, anemones, 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 Echinoidea (Sea Urchins, heart urchins, sand dollars) > Order Echinoida (Sea urchins) > Echinoidae (Sea urchins), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria (Cnidarians) > Anthozoa (Sea Anemones & Corals) > Actiniaria (Anemones) > Actiniidae (Sea anemones), 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., Sagartia sp., Alcyonium digitatum, Echinus esculentus |
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| Behaviour: | Attached to subsea structure of rig |
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| Site: | Atlantic > North Sea
North Sea |
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| Site Description: | Seafloor |
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| Depth (m): | approx 30 |
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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, soft corals |
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| Deposited By: | Rob Curry |
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| Deposited On: | 24 May 2007 |
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