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CR.LCR.BrAs.NovPro.VS Novocrania anomala, Dendrodoa grossularia and Rolandia coralloides on variable salinity circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant typically occurs on lower circalittoral silty, bedrock or boulder cliffs and ridges in very wave-sheltered fjordic sealochs subjected to variable salinity regimes (such as Loch Etive). In...
CR.LCR.BrAs.NovPro.FS Novocrania anomala and Protanthea simplex on very wave-sheltered circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant typically occurs on deep, lower circalittoral bedrock or boulder slopes (often-vertical walls) in the landward, very sheltered basins of fjordic sealochs. In these very sheltered conditio...
LS.LMu.UEst.NhomStr Nephtys hombergii and Streblospio shrubsolii in littoral mud
Published date 2015-03Soft wet mud with a fine sand fraction, on the mid and lower shore of sheltered estuaries, usually with an anoxic layer present within the first 5 cm of the sediment. The infauna is relatively poor, d...
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...
M.AAUB.Co.SpaEnc Sparse encrusting community on Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03This broad community includes all biotopes that are characterised by encrusting species including deep-sea sponges, serpulid worms, cup corals and Anoniimid bivalves. Associated species can include sq...
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.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.AtUB.Mu.SpnMeg.KopFie Kophobelemnon fields on Atlantic upper bathyal mud
Published date 2015-03This biotope is composed of dense aggregations of seapens of the genus Kophobelemnon (in the UK likely to be Kophobelemnon stelliferum) on mud. Kophobelemnon fields are also found in the mid bathyal z...
M.AtLB.Ro Atlantic lower bathyal rock and other hard substrata
Published date 2015-03Rock and other hard substrate has a more diverse epifaunal community as species attach to the hard surface that in turn attract more fauna. Deep-sea rock is generally encrusted in a range of species i...
M.AtLB.Mu.InfPol Mixed infauna dominated by polychaetes in Atlantic lower bathyal mud
Published date 2015-03All infaunal communities in the deep-sea are dominated by polychaete species with a diverse range of other taxa including bivalves, amphipods and sipunculids. Species level data were not available for...