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M.AtMB.Mu.EreCor Erect coral field on Atlantic mid bathyal mud
Published date 2015-03Dense aggregations of erect soft corals occuring on fine sediments. The species composition will vary with depth and location. This broad community is functionally similar to seapen fields.
M.AtUA.Mu.UrcCom Urchin dominated community on Atlantic upper abyssal mud
Published date 2015-03This broad community contains biotopes that are dominated by urchins and occurs on sediment. The species of urchin and associated species varies with depth and substrate type. On Atlantic upper abyss...
M.AtMB.Co.SpaEnc.SpoSer Pale encrusting sponges and serpulids on Atlantic mid bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03This biotope consists of gravel substrates with few visible epifauna only encrusting forms. The same assemblage was recorded in the Atlantic upper bathyal and Atlanto-Arctic mid bathyal zones, but ass...
M.AtMB.Co.UrcCom.CidUrc Cidarid urchin assemblage on Atlantic mid bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03This biotope is characterised by sparse and occasionally agreggated Cidarid urchins on gravelly sand substrates. The same epifaunal assemblage is also found on sand and in the upper bathyal but associ...
M.AtLB.Sa.SolScl Solitary scleractinian field on Atlantic lower bathyal sand
Published date 2015-03This broad community is characterised by dense aggregations of solitary cup corals (Caryophylliidae and / or Flabellidae) on sediments including mud and sandy mud and coarse sediments. The species com...
East of Haig Fras MPA
Published date 2025-05-22Please be advised that, as of 22 March 2024, new fisheries management measures are in force for East of Haig Fras MCZ. For more information about what these fisheries measures are please see MMO Statu...
SS.SCS.ICS.HeloMsim Hesionura elongata and Microphthalmus similis with other interstitial polychaetes in infralittoral mobile coarse sand
Published date 2015-03On infralittoral sandbanks and sand waves and other areas of mobile medium-coarse sand, populations of interstitial polychaetes may be found. These habitats consist of loosely packed grains of sand fo...
SS.SMp.KSwSS.SlatGraFS Saccharina latissima, Gracilaria gracilis and brown seaweeds on full salinity infralittoral sediment
Published date 2015-03Shallow kelp community found on muddy sand, in moderately exposed or sheltered, fully marine conditions, with weak tidal currents. The community is characterised by a reasonable covering of Saccharina...
LS.LSa.FiSa.Po.Mten Polychaetes and Macomangulus tenuis in littoral fine sand
Published date 2015-03This biotope occurs on the mid and lower shore on moderately wave-exposed and sheltered coasts, with predominantly fine sand which remains damp throughout the tidal cycle. The sediment is often ripple...
M.AtMA.Mu.CriCom.ThaJun Thaumatocrinus jungerseni assemblage on Atlantic mid abyssal mud
Published date 2015-03Hughes and Gage (2004) describe this biotope from the mouth of Rockall Trough at 3580m dominated by the comatulid crinoid Thaumatocrinus jungerseni on fine silt or pelagic ooze. It is possible that th...