Lophelia colony and sea star in the North Sea
Description
A colony of Lophelia pertusa, sea star and brittle stars on a subsea structure at the Thistle platform in the North Sea
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Lophelia colony and sea star in the North Sea |
| Identification: | Guerin, Andrew |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Class Ophiuroidea (Brittle stars) > Ophiurida (Brittle Stars) > Ophiothricidae, 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) |
| Species: | Lophelia pertusa, Ophiothrix fragilis, Marthasterias glacialis |
| Behaviour: | Attached to subsea structure |
| Site: | Atlantic > North Sea 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: | Lophelia, stony coral, ophiuroid, brittle star, colony, Thistle Platform, North Sea |
| Deposited By: | Rob Curry |
| Deposited On: | 24 May 2007 |
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