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M.AtMB.Sa.SolScl Solitary scleractinian field on Atlantic mid 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...
M.AtUB.Ro.SpaEnc Sparse encrusting community on Atlantic upper bathyal rock and other hard substrata
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. This community is widespread and ...
M.AtMB.Mu.SpnMeg Seapens and burrowing megafauna on Atlantic mid 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.AtLA.Ro Atlantic lower abyssal 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.AtUA.Mu.InfPol Mixed infauna dominated by polychaetes in Atlantic upper abyssal 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...
M.AtMB.Mu.SpnMeg.KopFie Kophobelemnon fields on Atlantic mid 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 upper bathya...
M.AtMB.Co.SpaEnc.SquRub Squat lobster assemblage on Atlantic mid bathyal coarse sediment (Lophelia rubble)
Published date 2015-03This biotope describes the fringing rubble apron of cold water coral mounds or accumulations of gravel size Lophelia pertusa skeleton. Freiwald et al. (2004) list those species occurring within this z...
Alde, Ore and Butley Estuaries
Published dateDesignated Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Country England Unitary Authority East Anglia Centroid * TM444509 Latitude 52.1017 Longitude 1.5689 SAC EU Code UK0030076 Status Designated Special Area o...
Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru
Published dateDesignated Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Country Wales Unitary Authority East Wales, West Wales and The Valleys Centroid * SR885969 Latitude 51.6306 Longitude -5.0558 SAC EU Code UK0014787 Status...
Foinaven
Published dateDesignated Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Country Scotland Unitary Authority Highlands and Islands Centroid * NC336495 Latitude 58.4028 Longitude -4.8472 SAC EU Code UK0013141 Status Designated Sp...