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M.AtMB.Mu.BurOph Burrowing ophiuroid community on Atlantic mid bathyal mud
Published date 2015-03This broad community consisting of assemblages characterised by brittle stars (ophiuroids) that bury in soft sediments with on the tips of the arms visible at the surface. Species may differ with dept...
M.AtUB.Co.CriCom Crinoid dominated community on Atlantic upper bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03This broad community contains assembages where crinoids dominate the fauna. Crinoid assemblages are found typically in areas with higher current speeds that facilitate filter feeding, such as the shel...
M.AtMB.Ro.BraCom.DalSep Dallina septigera and Macandrevia cranium assemblage on Atlantic mid 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...
M.AtUB.Sa.UrcCom.GraAcu Gracilechinus acutus norvegicus assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal sand
Published date 2015-03This biotope consists of aggregations of Gracilechinus acutus norvegicus (previously Echinus acutus norvegicus) on sand substrate. The same epifaunal assemblage is also found on mud and sand in the mi...
M.AtLB.Mu.UrcCom.GraAle Gracilechinus alexandri, Psilaster and Plinthaster assemblage on Atlantic lower bathyal mud
Published date 2015-03This biotope consists of urchin Gracilechinus alexandri with seastars on mud substrate. Gage (1986) describes an assemblage from the continental slope west of the Hebrides (Rockall Trough) between 140...
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...