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Description
Description: Dense aggreagtion of brittle stars Ophiothrix fragilis with some small clusters of Alcyonium digitatum. The Rocks are encrusted with Pomatocerus sp.
Item Type: Image
Title: Ophiothrix 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
Original URLhttp://archive.serpentproject.com/1832/01/thumbnails/medium.jpg
providerSERPENT project
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith