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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...
LR.MLR Moderate energy littoral rock
Published date 2015-03Moderately exposed shores (bedrock, boulders and cobbles) characterised by mosaics of barnacles and fucoids on the mid and upper shore; with fucoids and red seaweed mosaics on the lower shore. Where f...
SS.SMu.IFiMu.Beg Beggiatoa spp. on anoxic sublittoral mud
Published date 2015-03Sublittoral soft anoxic mud, often in areas with poor water exchange with the open sea, can have a conspicuous bacterial mat covering of Beggiatoa spp. The anoxia may be a result of natural conditions...
LR.HLR.FR.Coff.Puly Corallina officinalis, Himanthalia elongata and Patella ulyssiponensis on very exposed lower eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Very exposed to exposed lower eulittoral bedrock shores in the south-west can support a dense turf of the red seaweed Corallina officinalis found underneath the long erect fronds of the wrack Himantha...
SS.SMx.IMx.Ost Ostrea edulis beds on shallow sublittoral muddy mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03Dense beds of the oyster Ostrea edulis can occur on muddy fine sand or sandy mud mixed sediments. There may be considerable quantities of dead oyster shell making up a substantial portion of the subst...
SS.SCS.ICS.HeloMsim Hesionura elongata and Microphthalmus similis with other interstitial polychaetes in infralittoral mobile coarse sand
Published date 2015-03On infralittoral sandbanks and sand waves and other areas of mobile medium-coarse sand, populations of interstitial polychaetes may be found. These habitats consist of loosely packed grains of sand fo...
SS.SMu.SMuVS.NhomTubi Nephtys hombergii and Tubificoides spp. in variable salinity infralittoral soft mud
Published date 2015-03Variable salinity soft infralittoral mud and sandy mud characterised by the polychaete Nephtys hombergii and oligochaetes of the genus Tubificoides. Other characterising species that may be present ar...
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...
SS.SSa.CMuSa Circalittoral muddy sand
Published date 2015-03Circalittoral non-cohesive muddy sands with the silt content of the substratum typically ranging from 5% to 20%. This habitat is generally found in water depths of over 15-20m and supports animal-domi...
SS.SMu.OMu.StyPse Styela gelatinosa, Pseudamussium peslutrae and solitary ascidians on sheltered deep circalittoral muddy sediment
Published date 2015-03This biotope is known only from deep water in Loch Goil (Clyde sea lochs) in fine mud at 65 m with terrigenous debris. Large numbers of solitary ascidians, including Styela gelatinosa, Ascidia conchil...