Echinus esculentus
Description
Aggregation of sea urchins on a boulder with brittle stars Ophiothrix fragilis present, Crustacean Cancer pagurus present and seaweed Lamineria sp.
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Echinus esculentus |
| Creator(s): | Jones, D. |
| Identification: | Jones, D. |
| Date: | 30 January 2007 |
| Time: | 22:56:20 |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Class Echinoidea (Sea Urchins, heart urchins, sand dollars) > Order Echinoida (Sea urchins) > Family Echinidae |
| Species: | Echinus esculentus, Ophiothris fragilis, Cancer pagurus, Lamineria sp. |
| Behaviour: | Large aggregation of urchins E.esculentus on a boulder, with a crab Cancer pagurus using the base of the boulder as a shelter. There is also a very dense aggregation of brittle stars Ophiothrix fragilis in the background of the image. |
| Site: | Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 46 |
| Latitude: | 60 deg 32' 01" N |
| Longitude: | 1 deg 13' 55" E |
| Northing: | 6712149.61 |
| Easting: | 597051.16 |
| UTM Zone: | 30 |
| Countries: | UK > West of Shetland |
| Habitat: | Benthic |
| Substratum: | Rocks and boulders |
| Rig: | Fugro Mercator |
| Project Partners: | Total |
| ROV: | Seaeye Tiger |
| Keywords: | Sea urchins Echinus esculentus Brittle Stars Ophiothriz fragilis Crustaceans Cancer pagurus Lamineria Laggan West of Shetland Atlantic Benthic |
| Deposited By: | Miss Moira MacLean |
| Deposited On: | 20 October 2010 |
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