Image of Alcyoniidae Lamouroux 1812
Description:
Description: Dense aggregation of brittle stars Ophiothrix fragilis, with some small clusters of Alcyonium digitatum. The rocks are encrusted with Pomatocerus sp.
Item Type: Image
Title: Opthiothrix fragilis
Species: Ophiothrix fragilis, Alcyonium digitatum
Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Laggan
North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Laggan
Site Description: Seafloor
Depth (m): 86
Latitude: 60 deg 27' 35" N
Longitude: 1 deg 05' 07" E
Countries: UK -- West of Shetland
Habitat: Benthic
Rig: Fugro Mercator
Project Partners: Total
ROV: Seaeye Tiger
Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean
Deposited On: 22 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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