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LS.LMx.GvMu.HedMx.Cir Hediste diversicolor, cirratulids and Tubificoides spp. in littoral gravelly sandy mud

Published date 2015-03

Sheltered gravelly sandy mud, subject to variable salinity. The infaunal community consists of the ragworm Hediste diversicolor, Pygospio elegans, Streblospio shrubsolii, and cirratulid polychaetes su...


LS.LMu.UEst.Hed Hediste diversicolor in littoral mud

Published date 2015-03

Mud and sandy mud shores in sheltered marine inlets and estuaries subject to variable or reduced salinity. The biotope is typically found on the mid and lower shores in the upper and mid estuary. If p...


LS.LMu.UEst.Hed.Cvol Hediste diversicolor and Corophium volutator in littoral mud

Published date 2015-03

Sheltered estuarine shores of sandy mud, which may become firm and compacted if present in the upper shore where there is more time for drainage between high tides. An anoxic layer is usually present ...


LS.LSa.MoSa.Ol.FS Oligochaetes in full salinity littoral mobile sand

Published date 2015-03

A species-poor community of oligochaetes occurring in fully marine conditions on open shores with mobile, medium to fine, usually clean, sand. Oligochaetes, including enchytraeid oligochaetes, constit...


IR.HIR.KSed Sediment-affected or disturbed kelp and seaweed communities

Published date 2015-03

Infralittoral rock habitats, subject to disturbance through mobility of the substratum (boulders or cobbles) or abrasion/covering by nearby coarse sediments or suspended particulate matter (sand). The...


LS.LSa.MoSa.AmSco.Pon Pontocrates arenarius in littoral mobile sand

Published date 2015-03

Mainly on the mid and lower shore on wave-exposed or moderately wave-exposed coasts of medium and fine sand, sometimes with a fraction of coarse sand, which remains damp throughout the tidal cycle and...


LS.LSa.MoSa.Ol.VS Oligochaetes in variable salinity littoral mobile sand

Published date 2015-03

A species-poor community of oligochaetes occurring in estuarine conditions where sands and gravel are associated with the lower shore river channel in estuaries. The sediment is relatively coarse and ...


SS.SMu.IFiMu.CerAnit Cerastoderma edule with Abra nitida in infralittoral mud

Published date 2015-03

Sheltered shallow sublittoral muds and gravelly muds in marine embayments, inlets or harbours may contain populations of the edible cockle Cerastoderma edule with Abra nitida. Other taxa may include t...


M.AtMB.Mx Atlantic mid bathyal mixed sediment

Published date 2015-03

Deep-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...


SS.SSa.IFiSa Infralittoral fine sand

Published date 2015-03

Clean sands which occur in shallow water, either on the open coast or in tide-swept channels of marine inlets. The habitat typically lacks a significant seaweed component and is characterised by robus...



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