Community of mussels, sea stars, tube worms and stony coral in the North Sea
 DescriptionA community of sea stars, stony corals, mussels, tube worms, and cup corals around the bottom of the Thistle Platform in the North Sea | Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Community of mussels, sea stars, tube worms and stony coral in the North Sea |
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| Identification: | Guerin, Andrew |
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| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida (Segmented worms) > Class Polychaeta (Polychaete Worms) > Order Canalipalpata (Tube worms) > Family Serpulidae, Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria (Cnidarians) > Anthozoa (Sea Anemones & Corals) > Scleractinia (Stony corals) > Carophylliidae (Stony coral), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Class Asteroidea (Sea Stars) > Order Forcipulatida (Sea Stars) > Family Asteriidae (Sea stars), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca (Molluscs) > Class Bivalvia (Bivalves) > Order Mytiloida (Mussels) > Family Mytilidae (Mussels) |
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| Species: | Mytilus edulis, Asterias rubens, Pomatoceros triqueter, Lophelia pertusa, Caryophyllia smithii |
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| Behaviour: | Community at base 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): | 165 |
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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: | Thistle A Platform |
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| Project Partners: | Rovtech, Lundin Petroleum, iicorr |
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| Keywords: | Mussels, cup corals, stony corals, tube worms, sea stars, Thistle Platform, North Sea |
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| Deposited By: | Rob Curry |
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| Deposited On: | 24 May 2007 |
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