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SS.SCS.CCS Circalittoral coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03Tide-swept circalittoral coarse sands, gravel and shingle generally in depths of over 15-20 m. This habitat may be found in tidal channels of marine inlets, along exposed coasts and offshore. This hab...
LS.LSa.MoSa.AmSco.Eur Eurydice pulchra in littoral mobile sand
Published date 2015-03Well-draining beaches of medium- to fine-grained mobile sand, often (but not always) well sorted. Occasionally, a small fraction of coarse sand may be present. The biotope generally occurs on exposed ...
SS.SMx Sublittoral mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03Sublittoral mixed (heterogeneous) sediments found from the extreme low water mark to deep offshore circalittoral habitats. These habitats incorporate a range of sediments including heterogeneous muddy...
M.AtLB.Bi.CorRee Atlantic lower bathyal cold water coral reef (biogenic structure)
Published date 2015-03Reefs formed by Scleractinian corals. In the Atlantic lower bathyal, the reef forming species is Solenosmilia variabilis. Cold water coral reefs are associated with a variety of other coral species, s...
M.ArUA Arctic upper abyssal
Published date 2015-03Arctic waters are much cooler than Atlantic waters (typically below 0°C). Within the UK, Arctic seabed habitats occur at depths greater than 600 m in the Faroe-Shetland Channel. The Arctic upper abyss...
LS.LMu.UEst.Tben Tubificoides benedii and other oligochaetes in littoral mud
Published date 2015-03Extreme upper estuarine fine sandy mud, sometimes with a fine sand fraction, in very sheltered conditions and subject to reduced salinity. An anoxic layer is usually present within the upper 3 cm of t...
M.ArLB.Mx Arctic lower 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...
CR.HCR.XFa.FluCoAs.SmAs Flustra foliacea, small solitary and colonial ascidians on tide-swept circalittoral bedrock or boulders
Published date 2015-03This sub-biotope is typically found on the upper faces of exposed to moderately exposed, tide-swept, scoured, circalittoral bedrock or boulders. It most frequently occurs between 10-20 m water depth. ...
M.ArUA.Bi Arctic upper abyssal biogenic structure
Published date 2015-03A biogenic structure is formed when reef-forming species, such as cold water corals, attach to any hard substrate present and grow over the surrounding area forming a secondary substrate over the top....
M.AtUB.Mu.SpnMeg Seapens and burrowing megafauna on Atlantic upper bathyal mud
Published date 2015-03Dense aggregations of seapens on fine sediments. The species composition will vary with depth and location. Kophobelemnon has been recorded in Atlantic upper and mid bathyal mud and sand, but associat...