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M.AtLB.Co.XenCom.SyrFra Syringammina fragilissima field on Atlantic lower bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03Biotope characterised by dense aggregations of the xenophyophore Syringammina fragilissima on coarse sediment. Associated species will vary with depth but may include squat lobsters (Munida), Ophiuroi...
M.AtLB.Co.MixCor Mixed cold water coral community on Atlantic lower bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03This broad community contains those biotopes where corals dominate but do not form a living coral reef. A mixture of different coral types can be present. Associated species are similar to 'sparse enc...
SS.SSa.CFiSa.SiphNephVen Siphonoecetes, Nephtyidae polychaetes and venerid bivalves in circalittoral sand
Published date 2015-03Circalittoral shallow coarse or medium sands (with shells and gravel) characterised by a community of amphipods, Nephtyidae and bivalves. This biotope has been recorded on sandbanks to the East of Isl...
M.AtMA.Mu Atlantic mid abyssal mud
Published date 2015-03Deep-sea mud sediments have a diverse infaunal community dominated by polychaetes. Epifauna tend to be sparse, mobile species, but aggregations of erect fauna such as glass sponges, seapens and soft c...
M.AAUB Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal
Published date 2015-03The Atlanto-Arctic is an area of mixing between warm Atlantic waters and cool Arctic waters, where water temperature fluctates dramatically between approximately 0 and 8°C. Atlanto-Arctic waters are ...
LS.LMu.UEst.Hed Hediste diversicolor in littoral mud
Published date 2015-03Mud 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 2015-03Sheltered 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 ...
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...
M.AtUB.Bi.CorRee.LopFra Mixed coral assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal Lophelia pertusa reef framework (biogenic structure)
Published date 2015-03This biotope represents the extensive, mostly dead, framework of Lophelia pertusa that support a high diversity of species including various other corals such as Caryophylliidae, Stichopathes gravier...
M.AtUB.Ro.BraCom.DalSep Dallina septigera and Macandrevia cranium assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal rock and other hard substrata
Published date 2015-03Biotope dominated by the brachiopods Dallina septigera and Macandrevia cranium. Brachiopod dominated assemblages have been observed from multiple locations with the UK deep-sea occuring on bedrock, be...