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M.ArLB.Co Arctic lower bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03Deep-sea coarse sediment has not been sampled widely for infauna so little is currently known about infaunal community structure. Epifauna tend to be sparse mobile species or burrowing fauna such as a...
CR.HCR High energy circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This habitat complex occurs on extremely wave-exposed to exposed circalittoral bedrock and boulders subject to tidal streams ranging from strong to very strong. Typically found in tidal straits and na...
LS.LSa.FiSa.Po.Pful Polychaetes, including Paraonis fulgens, in littoral fine sand
Published date 2015-03This biotope occurs mainly on the mid and lower shore of moderately wave-exposed coasts, with medium and fine clean sand which remains damp throughout the tidal cycle and contains little organic matte...
CR.FCR.FouFa Circalittoral fouling faunal communities
Published date 2015-03This biotope complex contains two biotopes which, although have different physical habitat characteristics, share the fact that they colonise new areas of artificial substrata relatively quickly. The ...
M.AtUB.Mx Atlantic upper bathyal mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03Deep-sea mixed sediment has not been sampled widely for infauna so little is currently known about infaunal community structure. Epifauna tend to be sparse mobile species. In the absence of ecological...
CR.MCR.EcCr.CarSp.PenPcom Caryophyllia smithii and sponges with Pentapora foliacea, Porella compressa and crustose communities on wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant is typically found on the upper faces and vertical sides of wave-exposed bedrock or boulders subject to moderately strong to weak tidal streams. The fauna is often sparse with the frequen...
M.AtMB.Co.CriCom.LepCel Leptometra celtica assemblage on Atlantic mid bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03This biotope consists of dense aggregations of the crinoid Leptometra celtica on coarse sediment in the mid bathyal. It occurs at the shelf edge and in the heads of canyons. It is likely that the fast...
M.AtUA.Bi Atlantic upper abyssal biogenic structure
Published date 2015-03A biogenic structure is formed when reef-forming species, such as cold water corals, attach to any hard substrate present and grow over the surrounding area forming a secondary substrate over the top....
M.AtMA.Bi Atlantic mid abyssal biogenic structure
Published date 2015-03A biogenic structure is formed when reef-forming species, such as cold water corals, attach to any hard substrate present and grow over the surrounding area forming a secondary substrate over the top....
CR.MCR.CSab.Sspi.ByB Sabellaria spinulosa with a bryozoan turf and barnacles on silty turbid circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant is typically found encrusting the upper faces of exposed and moderately exposed circalittoral rock and mixed substrata, subject to strong and moderately strong currents and high turbidity...