Unidentified sponge in the North Sea
Description
An unidentified sponge, mussel shells, devonshire cup corals and anemones at the bottom of the Thistle platform in the North Sea
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Unidentified sponge in the North Sea |
| Identification: | Guerin, Andrew |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera (Sponges), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria (Cnidarians) > Anthozoa (Sea Anemones & Corals) > Actiniaria (Anemones) > Actiniidae (Sea anemones), Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria (Cnidarians) > Anthozoa (Sea Anemones & Corals) > Scleractinia (Stony corals) > Carophylliidae (Stony coral) |
| Species: | Caryophyllia smithii, Urticina sp. |
| Behaviour: | Attached to seabed |
| 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: | Stony coral, cup corals, sponge, mussel shells, Thistle Platform, North Sea |
| Deposited By: | Rob Curry |
| Deposited On: | 24 May 2007 |
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