Alcyonium digitatum

Alcyonium digitatum

Description

Cluster of Alcyonium digitatum and brittle stars Ophiothrix fragilis

Item Type:Image
Title:Alcyonium digitatum
Creator(s):Jones, D.
Identification:Jones, D.
Date:31 January 2007
Time:11:37:46
Classification:Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms) > Class Ophiuroidea (Brittle stars) > Ophiurida (Brittle Stars) > Ophiothricidae, Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria (Cnidarians) > Anthozoa (Sea Anemones & Corals) > Alcyonacea (Soft Corals) > Alcyoniidae
Species:Alcyonium digitatum, Ophiothrix fragilis
Site:Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan
North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan
Site Description:Seafloor
Depth (m):106
Latitude:60 deg 27' 37" N
Longitude:1 deg 06' 11" E
Northing:6704037.06
Easting:604301.09
UTM Zone:30
Countries:UK > West of Shetland
Habitat:Benthic
Substratum:Stones, with some larger rocks, gravel and shell material
Rig:Fugro Mercator
Project Partners:Total
ROV:Seaeye Tiger
Keywords:West of Shetland Laggan Benthic Atlantic Alcyonium digitatum Brittle Stars Ophiothrix fragilis
Deposited By:Miss Moira MacLean
Deposited On:20 October 2010

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