Rocky bottom epifauna

Short time-lapse (5 days) showing the behaviour and activity of some sedentary (sea anemones Halcampa arctica, barnacles Balanus balanus, sabellids Chone and Branchiomma sp.) and motile epifauna (sea stars Solaster sp., sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, hermit crabs Pagurus pubescens, chitons Tonicella sp., brittle stars Ophiopolis aculeata). The sea star on the right is consuming probably a sea urchin. Note also one of them that is turning a rock upside down at the end of the video on the right side…