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CR.MCR.EcCr.UrtScr Urticina felina and sand-tolerant fauna on sand-scoured or covered circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This biotope typically occurs on tide-swept circalittoral bedrock, rock adjacent to mobile sand/gravel in gullies, and cobbles on gravel and sand, characterised by scour-tolerant robust species. Altho...
SS.SMu.IFiMu Infralittoral fine mud
Published date 2015-03Shallow sublittoral muds, extending from the extreme lower shore to about 15-20 m depth in fully marine or near marine conditions, predominantly in extremely sheltered areas with very weak tidal curre...
LR.FLR.CvOv Littoral caves and overhangs
Published date 2015-03Where caves and overhangs occur on rocky shores, the shaded nature of the habitat diminishes the amount of desiccation suffered by biota during periods of low tides which allows certain species to pro...
CR.MCR.CFaVS.CuSpH.As Cushion sponges, hydroids and ascidians on turbid tide-swept sheltered circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This sub-biotope typically occurs in a mixture of turbid, full and variable salinity water, on wave-sheltered and moderately exposed bedrock or boulders. Tidal streams are typically moderately strong ...
LS.LMp.LSgr Littoral seagrass beds
Published date 2015-03Mid and upper shore wave-sheltered muddy fine sand or sandy mud with the narrow-leafed eel grass Zostera noltei at an abundance of frequent or above. Exactly what determines the distribution of Z. nol...
LS.LMp.Sm Saltmarsh
Published date 2015-03Angiosperm-dominated stands of vegetation, occurring on the extreme upper shore of sheltered coasts and periodically covered by spring high tides. The vegetation develops on a variety of sandy and mud...
LR.LLR.F Fucoids on sheltered marine shores
Published date 2015-03Dense blankets of fucoid seaweeds dominating sheltered to extremely sheltered rocky shores and/or in locally sheltered patches on exposed to moderately exposed rocky shores. Typically, the wrack Pelve...
IR.LIR.Lag Submerged fucoids, green or red seaweeds (low salinity infralittoral rock)
Published date 2015-03Very shallow submerged rocky habitats in lagoons, subject to reduced or permanently low salinity conditions. These particular conditions lead to a variety of seaweed-dominated communities, which inclu...
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...
LS.LMx.Mx.CirCer Cirratulids and Cerastoderma edule in littoral mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03Sheltered mixed sediments, usually subject to variable salinity conditions. Banks of shell may be present. The infauna is very diverse, dominated by a range of polychaetes including Exogone naidina, S...