Image of Forcipulatida Perrier 1884

Description:

Description: A community of sea stars, stony corals, mussels, tube worms, and cup corals around the bottom of the Thistle Platform in the North Sea
Item Type: Image
Title: Community of mussels, sea stars, tube worms and stony coral in the North Sea
Species: Mytilus edulis, Asterias rubens, Pomatoceros triqueter, Lophelia pertusa, Caryophyllia smithii
Behaviour: Community at base of rig
Site: Atlantic -- North Sea
North Sea
Site Description: Seafloor
Depth (m): 165
Countries: UK -- North Sea
Habitat: Temperate
Rig: Thistle A Platform
Project Partners: Rovtech, Lundin Petroleum, iicorr
Deposited By: Rob Curry
Deposited On: 24 May 2007