Classification: Alcyonacea (Soft Corals)


Number of items: 30.

Acanthogorgia (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -1346.08

Alcyonacea (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -1359.42

Alcyonacea (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -2746.84

Alcyonacea (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -1334.36

Alcyonacea (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -2338.22

Alcyonacea (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -3118.41

Alcyonacea (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -1600.9

Alcyonacea (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -1599.8

Alcyonacea (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -1479.8

Alcyonacea (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -1344.92

Alcyonacea (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -1337.19

Alcyonacea (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Rockall Bank
Depth (m): 192

Alcyonium sp. (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Norwegian > Morvin
Depth (m): 380

Arctic rockling (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Rosebank
North Sea > West of Shetland > Rosebank

Depth (m): 1085
Behaviour: avoiding strong currents

Bubblegum coral (1 file)
Site: Indian > Indian Ocean > East Africa > Pweza-3
Depth (m): 1380
Behaviour:

Chrysogorgia sp. Soft coral (2 files)
Site: Atlantic > Venezuelan Basin
Depth (m): 543
Behaviour: Attached to the seabed, probably feeding.

Chrysogorgia sp. Soft coral (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Venezuelan Basin
Depth (m): 543
Behaviour: Attached to the seabed, probably feeding.

Chrysogorgiid coral with Chirostylid crustacean (2 files)
Site: Indian > Indian Ocean > East Africa > Pweza-3
Depth (m): 1382
Behaviour: Crustacean is hiding within the coral. This is a known association.

Chrysogorgiidae (1 file)
Site: Indian > Indian Ocean > East Africa > Kamba-1
Depth (m): 1384
Behaviour: Provides habitat for chirostylid squat lobsters

Isididae (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -1396.07

Isididae (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -1322.91

Primnoa (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -1646.48

Sabellid and Crossaster (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Rosebank
North Sea > West of Shetland > Rosebank

Depth (m): 1085
Behaviour: Attached to rock

Soft coral (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan
North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan

Depth (m): 650
Behaviour: Soft coral attached to rock on seafloor with urchin & Lycodes sp.

Soft coral (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan
North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan

Depth (m): 650
Behaviour: sessile filter feeder attached to rock, plus fish

Soft coral (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan
North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan

Depth (m): 650
Behaviour: Sessile filter feeder attached to seafloor

Soft coral (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan
North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan

Depth (m): 650
Behaviour: sessile, feeding by filtration

Soft coral (2 files)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan
North Sea > West of Shetland > Laggan

Depth (m): 650
Behaviour: Sessile filter feeder attached to rock showing tree-like body form

Soft coral (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Central Atlantic > Zafiro Field
Depth (m): 500
Behaviour: Attached to pipes

Soft coral Alcyonacean (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Tornado
North Sea > West of Shetland > Tornado

Depth (m): 1050
Behaviour: On the seafloor, probably feeding.

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