Image of Alcyoniidae Lamouroux 1812
Description:
Description: Large boulder encrusted with Pomatocerus sp. with sea urchins Echinus esculentus and brittle stars Ophiothrix fragilis present there is also a small cluster of soft coral Alcyonium digitatum.
Item Type: Image
Title: Echinus esculentus
Species: Echinus esculentus, 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
Countries: UK -- West of Shetland
Habitat: Benthic
Rig: Fugro Mercator
Project Partners: Total
ROV: Seaeye Tiger
Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean
Deposited On: 20 October 2010
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Cnidaria (cnidarians)
- Anthozoa (anemones and corals)
- Alcyonacea (soft corals)
- Alcyoniidae
- Alcyonium
- Alcyonium digitatum (Dead man’s fingers)
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