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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...
LS.LSa.MoSa.Ol.FS Oligochaetes in full salinity littoral mobile sand
Published date 2015-03A 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...
LS.LMx.GvMu.HedMx.Cir Hediste diversicolor, cirratulids and Tubificoides spp. in littoral gravelly sandy mud
Published date 2015-03Sheltered gravelly sandy mud, subject to variable salinity. The infaunal community consists of the ragworm Hediste diversicolor, Pygospio elegans, Streblospio shrubsolii, and cirratulid polychaetes su...
LR.LLR.F.Fserr.FS Fucus serratus on full salinity sheltered lower eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Sheltered lower eulittoral rock subject to fully marine conditions characterised by a dense canopy of the wrack Fucus serratus. There is a wide range of associated species found on the surface of the ...
SS.SMx.SMxVS.AphPol Aphelochaeta spp. and Polydora spp. in variable salinity infralittoral mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03In sheltered muddy mixed sediments in estuaries or marine inlets with variable or reduced/low salinity communities characterised by Aphelochaeta marioni and Polydora ciliata may be present. Other impo...
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.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.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...
SS.SCS.ICS.Glap Glycera lapidum in impoverished infralittoral mobile gravel and sand
Published date 2015-03In infralittoral mixed slightly gravelly sands on exposed open coasts impoverished communities characterised by the polychaete Glycera lapidum (agg.) may be found. Glycera lapidum is a species complex...
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...