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CR.FCR.FouFa.AdigMsen Alcyonium digitatum and Metridium senile on moderately wave-exposed circalittoral steel wrecks
Published date 2015-03This biotope is found on moderately wave-exposed circalittoral steel wrecks that are subject to moderately strong to weak tidal streams. The vertical and upward facing sides of the wreck stand proud o...
IR.HIR.KFaR.FoR.Dic Foliose red seaweeds with dense Dictyota dichotoma and/or Dictyopteris polypodioides on exposed lower infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03A dense turf of foliose red seaweeds mixed with a dense turf of the foliose brown seaweeds Dictyota dichotoma and/or Dictyopteris polypodioides on exposed and moderately exposed lower infralittoral ro...
SS.SMu.SMuVS.AphTubi Aphelochaeta marioni and Tubificoides spp. in variable salinity infralittoral mud
Published date 2015-03Variable salinity cohesive muddy sediment (sometimes with some coarser material) dominated by the polychaete Aphelochaeta marioni (or other Aphelochaeta species e.g. A. amplivasatus) and the oligochae...
IR.LIR.K.LhypLoch Mixed Laminaria hyperborea and Laminaria ochroleuca forest on moderately exposed or sheltered infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Mixed Laminaria hyperborea and Laminaria ochroleuca forest on upper infralittoral moderately exposed or sheltered rock is restricted to the coast of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Unlike L. hyperbo...
IR.FIR.IFou Infralittoral fouling seaweed communities
Published date 2015-03Moderately exposed to wave-sheltered artificial substrata (such as steel wrecks/concrete pilings/cable debris etc) subject to moderately strong to weak tidal streams in the infralittoral zone. This bi...
IR.HIR.KSed.ProtAhn Polyides rotunda, Ahnfeltia plicata and Chondrus crispus on sand-covered infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Low-lying rock surrounded by mobile sand and often subject to burying by the sand, with a turf of resilient red seaweeds Chondrus crispus, Polyides rotunda and Ahnfeltia plicata typically protruding t...
IR.LIR.IFaVS.CcasEin Cordylophora caspia and Einhornia crustulenta on reduced salinity infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Shallow sublittoral rock in the upper estuary of one of the south-west inlets (Tamar) with very high turbidity and therefore no seaweeds. The brackish-water hydroid Cordylophora caspia and small colon...
SS.SMp.Ang.NVC S4 Phragmites australis swamp and reed beds
Published date 2015-03Permanently low salinity muds or peaty muddy sands with some gravel which supports Phragmites australis reed beds. These reed beds are often found in enclosed water bodies influenced by freshwater inf...
SS.SMu.CSaMu.LkorPpel Lagis koreni and Phaxas pellucidus in circalittoral sandy mud
Published date 2015-03In stable circalittoral sandy mud dense populations of the tube building polychaete Lagis koreni may occur. Other species found in this habitat typically include bivalves such as Phaxas pellucidus, Ku...
SS.SMx.IMx.SpavSpAn Sabella pavonina with sponges and anemones on infralittoral mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03Muddy gravelly sand with pebbles off shallow, sheltered or moderately exposed coasts or embayments may support dense populations of the peacock worm Sabella pavonina. This community may also support p...