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IR.MIR.KR.LhypTX Laminaria hyperborea on tide-swept infralittoral mixed substrata
Published date 2015-03Wave-exposed through to wave-sheltered, tide-swept infralittoral mixed substrata with Laminaria hyperborea forest/park and other kelp species such as Saccharina latissima. The rich under-storey and st...
LR.HLR.FT Fucoids in tide-swept conditions
Published date 2015-03Biotope complex description Fucoid seaweeds in tide-swept conditions on sheltered to extremely sheltered mid eulittoral to lower eulittoral rocky shores, such as narrow channels in sea lochs. The midd...
LS.LBR.Sab.Salv Sabellaria alveolata reefs on sand-abraded eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Exposed to moderately exposed bedrock and boulders in the eastern basin of the Irish Sea (and as far south as Cornwall) characterised by reefs of the polychaete Sabellaria alveolata. The sand based tu...
LR.HLR.FT.AscT Ascophyllum nodosum, sponges and ascidians on tide-swept mid eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Very sheltered to extremely sheltered areas of mid eulittoral rock that are subject to strong to moderate tidal streams, such as the narrows in sea lochs, and characterised by the wrack Ascophyllum no...
LS.LSa.MuSa.CerPo Cerastoderma edule and polychaetes in littoral muddy sand
Published date 2015-03Extensive clean fine sand or muddy sand shores with abundant cockles Cerastoderma edule. The community consists of the polychaetes Eteone longa, Scoloplos armiger, Pygospio elegans, Spio filicornis an...
SS.SCS.OCS.GlapThyAmy Glycera lapidum, Thyasira spp. and Amythasides macroglossus in offshore gravelly sand
Published date 2015-03Offshore (deep) circalittoral habitats with coarse sands and gravel, stone or shell and occasionally a little silt (Glycera lapidum and Amythasides macroglossus with the bivalve Thyasira spp. (particu...
SS.SCS.ICS.SLan Dense Lanice conchilega and other polychaetes in tide-swept infralittoral sand and mixed gravelly sand
Published date 2015-03Dense beds of Lanice conchilega occur in coarse to medium fine gravelly sand in the shallow sublittoral, where there are strong tidal streams or wave action. Several other species of polychaete also o...
LR.LLR.F.Fves.X Fucus vesiculosus on mid eulittoral mixed substrata
Published date 2015-03Sheltered and very sheltered mid eulittoral pebbles and cobbles lying on sediment in fully marine conditions typically characterised by the wrack Fucus vesiculosus. The wrack Ascophyllum nodosum can o...
LR.FLR.Lic Lichens or small green algae on supralittoral and littoral fringe rock
Published date 2015-03Lichen communities typically form a distinct zone or band in a 'splash' zone on most rocky shores. This splash zone occurs above the main intertidal zone (i.e. that subject to regular covering by the ...
IR.MIR.KR.LhypTX.Ft Laminaria hyperborea forest and foliose red seaweeds on tide-swept upper infralittoral mixed substrata
Published date 2015-03Moderately wave-exposed to wave sheltered, tide-swept mixed substrata, with dense Laminaria hyperborea forest and sparser Saccharina latissima, characterised by an under-storey and stipe flora of foli...