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M.AtUA.Ro Atlantic upper abyssal rock and other hard substrata
Published date 2015-03Rock and other hard substrate has a more diverse epifaunal community as species attach to the hard surface that in turn attract more fauna. Deep-sea rock is generally encrusted in a range of species i...
CR.MCR.CSab.Sspi.As Sabellaria spinulosa, didemnids and other small ascidians on tide-swept moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant is typically found on tide-swept, moderately wave-exposed circalittoral bedrock, boulders and cobbles subject to slight sand-scour. It occurs predominantly in the lower circalittoral. Thi...
SS.SMp Sublittoral macrophyte-dominated communities on sediments
Published date 2015-03This complex includes maerl beds, seaweed dominated mixed sediments (including kelps such as Saccharina latissima and filamentous/foliose red and green algae), seagrass beds, and lagoonal angiosperm c...
M.AtLA.Sa Atlantic lower abyssal sand
Published date 2015-03Deep-sea sand sediments have a diverse infaunal community dominated by polychaetes. Epifauna tend to be sparse, mobile species, or burrowing fauna such as anemones and brittlestars visible at the surf...
CR.HCR.FaT Very tide-swept faunal communities
Published date 2015-03This biotope complex occurs in wave-exposed, tide-swept narrows and straits on circalittoral bedrock and boulders. The biotopes within this complex are characterised by a high abundance of the robust ...
CR.FCR.FouFa.Aasp Ascidiella aspersa on circalittoral artificial substrata
Published date 2015-03Sheltered artificial substrata (such as discarded fishing nets or scrap metal on muddy sediment plains), sometimes subject to variable salinity, with high numbers of the ascidian Ascidiella aspersa wh...
SS.SMx.OMx Offshore circalittoral mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03Offshore (deep) circalittoral habitats with slightly muddy mixed gravelly sand and stones or shell. This habitat may cover large areas of the offshore continental shelf although there is relatively li...
M.AtMB.Sa.CriCom Crinoid dominated community on Atlantic mid bathyal sand
Published date 2015-03This broad community contains assembages where crinoids dominate the fauna. Crinoid assemblages are found typically in areas with higher current speeds that facilitate filter feeding, such as the shel...
CR.HCR.XFa.ByErSp.Eun Eunicella verrucosa and Pentapora foliacea on wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant typically occurs on wave-exposed, steep, circalittoral bedrock, boulder slopes and outcrops, subject to varying tidal streams. This silty variant contains a diverse faunal community, domi...
CR.MCR.SfR Soft rock communities
Published date 2015-03This biotope complex occurs on moderately wave-exposed, circalittoral soft bedrock subject to moderately strong tidal streams. As this complex is found in highly turbid water conditions, the circalitt...