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IR.MIR.KR.Ldig.Bo Laminaria digitata and under-boulder fauna on sublittoral fringe boulders
Published date 2015-03This Laminaria digitata biotope is found predominantly on moderately exposed boulder shores and occasionally also on exposed or sheltered shores. Upper surfaces of the boulders are colonised by dense ...
IR.HIR.KSed.SlatChoR Saccharina latissima, Chorda filum and dense red seaweeds on shallow unstable infralittoral boulders or cobbles
Published date 2015-03Seasonally disturbed unstable boulders and cobbles in very shallow water dominated by the fast-growing brown seaweed Chorda filum together with the kelp Saccharina latissima. The brown seaweed Desmare...
IR.FIR.SG.DenCcor Dendrodoa grossularia and Clathrina coriacea on wave-surged vertical infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Vertical or overhanging infralittoral rock subject to considerable wave-surge, especially in the middle or back of caves but also in gullies and tunnels, and dominated by dense sheets of the ascidian ...
IR.MIR.KR.Lhyp.Sab Sabellaria spinulosa with kelp and red seaweeds on sand-influenced infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Laminaria hyperborea kelp forest on shallow infralittoral bedrock and boulders characterised by encrustations of Sabellaria spinulosa tubes which cover much of the rock, together with sand-tolerant re...
SS.SMp.Mrl.Lgla Lithothamnion glaciale maerl beds in tide-swept variable salinity infralittoral gravel
Published date 2015-03Upper infralittoral tide-swept channels of coarse sediment in full or variable salinity conditions support distinctive beds of Lithothamnion glaciale maerl 'rhodoliths'. Phymatolithon calcareum may al...
CR.FCR.Cv.SpCup Sponges, cup corals and anthozoans on shaded or overhanging circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This biotope occurs on shaded and overhanging rock, such as on cave walls and ceilings although there are very few records of caves in conditions not subject to wave surge (i.e. deeper circalittoral h...
IR.LIR.K.Slat Saccharina latissima on very sheltered infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Very sheltered infralittoral rock dominated by the kelp Saccharina latissima. Typically very silty and often with few associated seaweeds due to siltation, grazing or shading from the dense kelp canop...
IR.LIR.K.LhypSlat Mixed Laminaria hyperborea and Saccharina latissima on sheltered infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Mixed Laminaria hyperborea and Saccharina latissima on bedrock and boulders in sheltered infralittoral habitats. Typically subject to weak tidal streams and rather silty conditions. Beneath the kelp i...
IR.MIR.KR.Lhyp Laminaria hyperborea and foliose red seaweeds on moderately exposed infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Moderately exposed infralittoral bedrock and boulders characterised by a canopy of the kelp Laminaria hyperborea beneath which is an under-storey of foliose red seaweeds and coralline crusts. Some red...
CR.MCR.EcCr.AdigVt Alcyonium digitatum and faunal crust communities on vertical circalittoral bedrock
Published date 2015-03This biotope typically occurs on the vertical faces and overhangs of exposed to moderately exposed lower infralittoral and upper circalittoral bedrock subject to moderately strong to weak tidal stream...