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SS.SMp.KSwSS.Pcri Loose-lying mats of Phyllophora crispa on infralittoral muddy sediment
Published date 2015-03Infralittoral muddy sand and sandy mud, sometimes with some shells or pebbles, and a dense, loose-lying cover of Phyllophora crispa. This biotope occurs in very sheltered conditions such as those foun...
SS.SMu.OMu.MyrPo Myrtea spinifera and polychaetes in offshore circalittoral sandy mud
Published date 2015-03Deep, offshore habitats with cohesive sandy mud (>20% mud) may support communities characterised by infaunal polychaetes and the bivalve Myrtea spinifera. Polychaetes typically include Chaetozone seto...
LS.LMx.GvMu.HedMx.Cvol Hediste diversicolor and Corophium volutator in littoral gravelly sandy mud
Published date 2015-03Extremely sheltered gravelly sandy mud, subject to variable or reduced salinity. The infaunal community consists of the ragworm Hediste diversicolor, Streblospio shrubsolii, Capitella capitata and Ma...
LS.LSa.MuSa.BatCare Bathyporeia pilosa and Corophium arenarium in littoral muddy sand
Published date 2015-03Wave-sheltered, mainly upper and mid shore flats of medium to fine sand, often muddy sand. The salinity, although predominantly recorded as variable, probably varies little from fully marine in these ...
SS.SSa.IFiSa.ScupHyd Sertularia cupressina and Hydrallmania falcata on tide-swept sublittoral sand with cobbles or pebbles.
Published date 2015-03Shallow sands with cobbles and pebbles, exposed to strong tidal streams, with conspicuous colonies of hydroids, particularly Hydrallmania falcata and to a lesser extent Sertularia cupressina and S. ar...
IR.LIR.K.LhypSlat.Gz Grazed, mixed Laminaria hyperborea and Saccharina latissima on sheltered infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Silted infralittoral rock with mixed Laminaria hyperborea and Saccharina latissima kelp forest, intensively grazed by the echinoderm Echinus esculentus and the gastropods Steromphala cineraria and Cal...
IR.MIR.KT.XKT Mixed kelp with foliose red seaweeds, sponges and ascidians on sheltered tide-swept infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Stable, tide-swept rock characterised by dense kelp Laminaria hyperborea and/or Saccharina latissima forest on scoured, coralline-encrusted rock. This biotope occurs in the sheltered narrows and sills...
IR.LIR.IFaVS Faunal communities on variable or reduced salinity infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Shallow subtidal rocky habitats which support faunal-dominated communities, with seaweed communities only poorly developed or absent. In some sealochs dense mussel Mytilus edulis beds (MytRS) develop ...
IR.MIR.KT.FilRVS Filamentous red seaweeds, sponges and Balanus crenatus on tide-swept variable-salinity infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Tide-swept infralittoral rock subject to variable salinity and turbid waters occurs in the mid to upper reaches of the rias of south-west Britain, where riverine freshwater input reduces the salinity....
SS.SCS.ICS.CumCset Cumaceans and Chaetozone setosa in infralittoral gravelly sand
Published date 2015-03In shallow medium-fine sands with gravel, on moderately exposed open coasts, communities dominated by cumaceans such as Iphinoe trispinosa and Diastylis bradyi along with the cirratulid polychaete Cha...