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IR.LIR.K.Slat.Ldig Saccharina latissima and Laminaria digitata on sheltered sublittoral fringe rock
Published date 2015-03Sheltered bedrock and boulders in the sublittoral fringe characterised by a mixed canopy of the kelp Laminaria digitata (usually in its broad-fronded cape-form) and Saccharina latissima - both species...
SS.SSa.OSa.OfusAfil Owenia fusiformis and Amphiura filiformis in offshore circalittoral sand or muddy sand
Published date 2015-03Areas of slightly muddy sand (generally Owenia fusiformis and Galathowenia sp., often with the brittlestar Amphiura filiformis. Whilst O. fusiformis is also found in other circalittoral or offshore b...
LR.MLR.MusF.MytFves Mytilus edulis and Fucus vesiculosus on moderately exposed mid eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Mid eulittoral exposed to moderately exposed bedrock, often with nearby sediment, covered by a dense band or large patches of the mussel Mytilus edulis. The community often supports scattered Fucus ve...
SS.SBR.SMus.ModT Modiolus modiolus beds with hydroids and red seaweeds on tide-swept circalittoral mixed substrata
Published date 2015-03Modiolus beds on mixed substrata (cobbles, pebbles and coarse muddy sediments) in moderately strong currents or wave exposed areas, typically on the open coast but also in tide-swept channels of marin...
SS.SBR.SMus.ModHAs Modiolus modiolus beds with fine hydroids and large solitary ascidians on very sheltered circalittoral mixed substrata
Published date 2015-03Beds or scattered clumps of Modiolus modiolus in generally sheltered conditions with only slight tidal movement. Typically occurs in sea lochs and the Shetland voes. Brittlestars Ophiothrix fragilis a...
LR.FLR Features of littoral rock
Published date 2015-03Littoral rock features includes lichens and algae crusts (LIC) in the supralittoral zone and rockpools (Rkp), ephemeral algae (Eph) and caves (CvOv) in the intertidal zone (the area of the shore betwe...
LR.HLR.MusB.Cht Chthamalus spp. on exposed eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Very exposed to moderately exposed upper and mid eulittoral bedrock and boulders characterised by a dense community of barnacles, including Chthamalus montagui, Chthamalus stellatus and Semibalanus ba...
SS.SMp.KSwSS.SlatR.Gv Saccharina latissima and robust red algae on infralittoral gravel and pebbles
Published date 2015-03Shallow kelp community found on gravel and gravelly sand in slightly less exposed areas than SS.SMp.KSwSS.SlatR.CbPb but in moderately strong tidal currents, and characterised by occasional Saccharina...
LS.LSa.St.MytFab Mytilus edulis and Fabricia stellaris in littoral mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03Pebbles, gravel, sand and shell debris with mud in sheltered Firths with a strandline of fucoid algae. The fauna is characterised by juvenile mussels Mytilus edulis, often in very high numbers. The ne...
SS.SMp.KSwSS.FilG Filamentous green seaweeds on low salinity infralittoral mixed sediment or rock
Published date 2015-03Shallow muddy sediments, often with boulders, cobbles and pebbles around the edges of lagoons, or other areas that are exposed to wide salinity variations are unsuitable for colonisation by many speci...