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M.AtLB.Ro.MixCor.DisSol Discrete Solenosmilia variabilis colonies on Atlantic lower bathyal rock and other hard substrata
Published date 2015-03This biotope is a deeper variant of discrete Lophelia pertusa colonies where L. pertusa is replaced by S. variabilis occuring on bedrock. The same assemblage was recorded on coarse sediment but assoc...
M.AtUB.Ro.DeeSpo.RetAxi Reteporella and Axinellid sponges on Atlantic upper bathyal rock and other hard substrata
Published date 2015-03This biotope occurs on cobbles and pebbles on sandy sea bed possibly associated with shallow iceberg ploughmarks, characterised by Axinellid and massive lobose sponges, cup sponges and bryozoan Retep...
M.AtLB.Mx.SurOph.OphCer Ophiomusa lymani and cerianthid anemone assemblage on Atlantic lower bathyal mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03Brittle star Ophiomusa lymani and associated species on mixed sediments. This may be found overlain on top of another assemblage. Actiniaria, Cerianthidae, Crinoidea, Holothuroidea, Ophiomusa lymani,...
M.AtMB.Co.XenCom.SyrFra Syringammina fragilissima field on Atlantic mid bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03Assemblage characterised by dense aggregations of the xenophyophore Syringammina fragilissima on coarse sediment. Associated species will vary with depth but may include squat lobsters (Munida), Ophiu...
M.AtMB.Co.SpaEnc Sparse encrusting community on Atlantic mid bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03This broad community includes all biotopes that are characterised by encrusting species including deep-sea sponges, serpulid worms, cup corals and Anoniimid bivalves. This community is widespread and ...
M.ArMB.Sa.InfPol Mixed infauna dominated by polychaetes in Arctic mid bathyal sand
Published date 2015-03All infaunal communities in the deep-sea are dominated by polychaete species with a diverse range of other taxa including bivalves, amphipods and sipunculids. Species level data were not available for...
M.AtUB.Sa.InfPol Mixed infauna dominated by polychaetes in Atlantic upper bathyal sand
Published date 2015-03All infaunal communities in the deep-sea are dominated by polychaete species with a diverse range of other taxa including bivalves, amphipods and sipunculids. Species level data were not available for...
M.AtLB.Co.MixCor.DisSol Discrete Solenosmilia variabilis colonies on Atlantic lower bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03This biotope is a deeper variant of discrete Lophelia pertusa colonies where L. pertusa is replaced by Solenosmilia variabilis occuring on coral rubble. The same assemblage was recorded on rock but a...
LS.LBR.LMus.Myt Mytilus edulis beds on littoral sediments
Published date 2015-03Dense aggregations of Mytilus edulis on the mid and lower shore, on mixed substrata (mainly cobbles and pebbles on fine sediments), on sand, or on sheltered muddy shores. In high densities the mussels...
LS.LSa.St.Tal Talitrids on the upper shore and strand-line
Published date 2015-03A community of sandhoppers (talitrid amphipods) may occur on any shore where driftlines of decomposing seaweed and other debris accumulate on the strandline. The biotope occurs most frequently on medi...