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CR.MCR.EcCr.FaAlCr.Car Caryophyllia smithii with faunal and algal crusts on moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant is typically found on the upper and vertical faces of exposed and moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock, subject to very little water movement. Where this variant is found on slightl...
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...
CR.LCR.BrAs.AntAsH Antedon spp., solitary ascidians and fine hydroids on sheltered circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This biotope is typically found on silty boulder or rock slopes, in the sheltered parts of sealochs, subject to weak or very weak tidal currents. The seabed consists of smooth, silty bedrock or boulde...
M.AtMB.Ro.BraCom Brachiopod dominated community on Atlantic mid bathyal rock and other hard substrata
Published date 2015-03This broad community includes all biotopes where brachiopod species are the dominant fauna. The species of brachiopod will vary with depth and location. Associated fauna are sparse. Currently, brachio...
SS.SBR Sublittoral biogenic reefs on sediment
Published date 2015-03This complex includes polychaete reefs, bivalve reefs (e.g. mussel beds) and cold water coral reefs. These communities develop in a range of habitats from exposed open coasts to estuaries, marine inle...
M.AtLA.Sa Atlantic lower abyssal sand
Published date 2015-03Deep-sea sand sediments have a diverse infaunal community dominated by polychaetes. Epifauna tend to be sparse, mobile species, or burrowing fauna such as anemones and brittlestars visible at the surf...
LR.FLR.CvOv.RpurPlac Rhodochorton purpureum and Pleurocladia lacustris crusts on upper and mid-shore cave walls and ceilings
Published date 2015-03Golden brown velvety growths of the brown algae Pleurocladia lacustris occurring in mats with the red alga Rhodochorton purpureum forming on cave walls and upper littoral levels of cliffs. Fauna is sp...
M.ArUA.Mu.InfPol Mixed infauna dominated by polychaetes in Arctic upper abyssal mud
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...
SS.SMu.ISaMu.KurAbr Kurtiella bidentata and Abra spp. in infralittoral sandy mud
Published date 2015-03Cohesive sandy mud, sometimes with a small quantity of shell in shallow water may contain the bivalves Kurtiella bidentata and Abra spp. (typically A. alba and A. nitida). Other characteristic taxa ma...
CR.MCR.CMus.CMyt Mytilus edulis beds with hydroids and ascidians on tide-swept exposed to moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This biotope typically occurs on the upper faces of tide-swept circalittoral bedrock, boulders and mixed substrata exposed to varying amounts of wave action. The mussel Mytilus edulis forms dense beds...