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M.AtMB.Sa.UrcCom.GraAcu Gracilechinus acutus norvegicus assemblage on Atlantic mid bathyal sand
Published date 2015-03This biotope consists of aggregations of Gracilechinus acutus norvegicus (previously Echinus acutus norvegicus) on sand substrate. The same epifaunal assemblage is also found on mud and sand in the up...
M.AtMB.Co.CriCom Crinoid dominated community on Atlantic mid bathyal coarse sediment
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...
M.AtMB.Ro.MixCor Mixed cold water coral community on Atlantic mid bathyal rock and other hard substrata
Published date 2015-03This broad community contains those biotopes where corals dominate but do not form a living coral reef. A mixture of different coral types can be present. Associated species are similar to 'sparse enc...
M.AtMA.Mu.CriCom Crinoid dominated community on Atlantic mid abyssal mud
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...
M.AtUB.Co.SpaEnc.SpoSer Pale encrusting sponges and serpulids on Atlantic upper bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03This biotope consists of gravel substrates with few visible epifauna only encrusting forms. The same assemblage was recorded in the Atlanto-Arctic and Atlantic mid bathyal zones but associated infau...
M.AtLB.Mx.SurOph Surface dwelling ophiuroid community on Atlantic lower bathyal mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03This broad community consisting of assemblages characterised by brittle stars (ophiuroids) which lie on the surface of the seabed. They can occur in isolation or be overlain onto other broad communiti...
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...