The Pennatulid Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) in the Porcupine Seabight (north-east Atlantic Ocean)

• Published in: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
• Main Authors: Rice, A. L., Tyler, P. A., Paterson, G. J. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 1992
• Subjects: Porcupine Seabight; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/31800/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/31800/1/Rice.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400037796

The upper bathyal sea-pen Kophobelemnon stelliferum extends to depths of about 1600 m in the Porcupine Seabight, to the south-west of Ireland, but is rare below about 1150 m. Photographic data suggest that the species attains numerical abundances of more than 2 m−2and a wet weight biomass of at leas...