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LS.LSa.MoSa.AmSco.Sco Scolelepis spp. in littoral mobile sand
Published date 2015-03Exposed and moderately exposed shores of fully marine mobile clean sand, with particle sizes ranging from coarse to very fine. The sediment is not always well sorted, and may contain a subsurface laye...
SS.SBR.PoR.SspiMx Sabellaria spinulosa on stable circalittoral mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03The tube-building polychaete Sabellaria spinulosa at high abundances on mixed sediment. This species typically forms loose agglomerations of tubes forming a low-lying matrix of sand, gravel, mud and t...
LS.LBR.Sab Littoral Sabellaria honeycomb worm reefs
Published date 2015-03The sedentary polychaete Sabellaria alveolata (honeycomb worm) builds tubes from sand and shell. On exposed shores, where there is a plentiful supply of sediment, S. alveolata can form honeycomb reefs...
CR.MCR.EcCr.CarSwi Caryophyllia smithii and Swiftia pallida on circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This biotope is typically found on the upper and vertical faces of very exposed through to wave-sheltered circalittoral bedrock and boulders, which are typically subject to weak tidal streams. It is c...
LR.FLR.CvOv Littoral caves and overhangs
Published date 2015-03Where caves and overhangs occur on rocky shores, the shaded nature of the habitat diminishes the amount of desiccation suffered by biota during periods of low tides which allows certain species to pro...
SS.SMp.Ang.NVC A12 Stuckenia pectinata community
Published date 2015-03Low and variable salinity infralittoral mud with beds of Stuckenia pectinata. Other associated species are broadly similar to that of SS.SMp.SSgr.Rup, with blankets of filamentous green algae such as ...
LS.LMp.LSgr Littoral seagrass beds
Published date 2015-03Mid and upper shore wave-sheltered muddy fine sand or sandy mud with the narrow-leafed eel grass Zostera noltei at an abundance of frequent or above. Exactly what determines the distribution of Z. nol...
LS.LMp.Sm Saltmarsh
Published date 2015-03Angiosperm-dominated stands of vegetation, occurring on the extreme upper shore of sheltered coasts and periodically covered by spring high tides. The vegetation develops on a variety of sandy and mud...
CR.MCR.EcCr.FaAlCr.Spi Faunal and algal crusts with Spirobranchus triqueter and sparse Alcyonium digitatum on exposed to moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant is typically found on the upper faces of exposed and moderately exposed circalittoral bedrock or boulders subjected to moderately strong to weak tidal streams. From afar, the seabed has a...
CR.MCR.CMus.CMyt Mytilus edulis beds with hydroids and ascidians on tide-swept exposed to moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This biotope typically occurs on the upper faces of tide-swept circalittoral bedrock, boulders and mixed substrata exposed to varying amounts of wave action. The mussel Mytilus edulis forms dense beds...