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LS.LSa.MoSa.Ol.VS Oligochaetes in variable salinity littoral mobile sand
Published date 2015-03A 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 2015-03Sheltered 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 2015-03Deep-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 2015-03Clean 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...
SS.SMx.OMx.PoVen Polychaete-rich deep Venus community in offshore mixed sediments
Published date 2015-03In offshore circalittoral slightly muddy mixed sediments, a diverse community particularly rich in polychaetes with a significant venerid bivalve component may be found. Typical species include the po...
LR.MLR.BF.FspiB Fucus spiralis on exposed to moderately exposed upper eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Exposed to moderately exposed upper eulittoral bedrock characterised by a band of the spiral wrack Fucus spiralis overlying the black lichen Verrucaria maura and the olive green lichen Verrucaria muco...
IR.MIR.KR.LhypT Laminaria hyperborea on tide-swept, infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Wave exposed to moderately wave exposed, tide-swept bedrock and boulders with Laminaria hyperborea, characterised by a rich under-storey and stipe flora of foliose seaweeds including the brown seaweed...
SS.SMu.CSaMu.ThyEten Thyasira spp. and Ennucula tenuis in circalittoral sandy mud
Published date 2015-03Circalittoral cohesive sandy muds with small quantities of gravel, off sheltered or moderately exposed coasts may support populations characterised by Thyasira spp., in particular Thyasira flexuosa. O...
SS.SCS.ICS.CumCset Cumaceans and Chaetozone setosa in infralittoral gravelly sand
Published date 2015-03In shallow medium-fine sands with gravel, on moderately exposed open coasts, communities dominated by cumaceans such as Iphinoe trispinosa and Diastylis bradyi along with the cirratulid polychaete Cha...
SS.SMp.KSwSS.SlatR.Sa Saccharina latissima and filamentous red algae on infralittoral sand
Published date 2015-03Shallow kelp community found on sand and slightly gravelly sand, in moderately exposed and sheltered conditions, with weak tidal currents. The community is characterised by occasional Saccharina latis...