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Violet click beetle [Limoniscus violaceus]
Published dateInvertebrate species: arthropods Description and ecological characteristics The violet click beetle Limoniscus violaceus is primarily associated with ancient trees, as it develops in undisturbed wood-...
Green shield-moss [Buxbaumia viridis]
Published dateLower plant species Description and ecological characteristics Green shield-moss Buxbaumia viridis is a highly-specialised and atypical moss with much-reduced leaves arising from a protonemal mat (i.e...
Atlantic acidophilous beech forests with Ilex and sometimes also Taxus in the shrublayer (Quercion robori-petraeae or Ilici-Fagenion)
Published dateForests Description and ecological characteristics This Annex I type comprises beech Fagus sylvatica forests with holly Ilex , growing on acid soils, in a humid Atlantic climate. Sites of this habitat...
Geyer's whorl snail [Vertigo geyeri]
Published dateInvertebrate species: molluscs Description and ecological characteristics Throughout its range the tiny Geyer’s whorl snail Vertigo geyeri is local and found in relatively exposed, constantly humid ca...
Bottlenose dolphin [Tursiops truncatus]
Published dateVertebrate species: mammals Description and ecological characteristics Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus around the UK are considerably larger than individuals of the same species in most parts of...
IR.LIR.K.LhypSlat.Pk Mixed Laminaria hyperborea and Saccharina latissima park on sheltered lower infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Sheltered silted, bedrock and boulders with a park of mixed Laminaria hyperborea and Saccharina latissima. Both kelp species are sparse in the park (Frequent). Beneath the often 'cape-form' kelp canop...
SS.SMu.OMu.LevHet Levinsenia gracilis and Heteromastus filifirmis in offshore circalittoral mud and sandy mud
Published date 2015-03In deep offshore mud and sandy mud, a community characterised by the polychaetes Levinsenia gracilis and Heteromastus filiformis may occur. Other important taxa may include Paramphinome jeffreysii, Ne...
SS.SSa.CFiSa.ApriBatPo Abra prismatica, Bathyporeia elegans and polychaetes in circalittoral fine sand
Published date 2015-03In circalittoral and offshore medium to fine sands between 25 m and 100 m a community characterised by the bivalve Abra prismatica, the amphipod Bathyporeia elegans and polychaetes such as Scoloplos a...
CR.FCR Features of circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Circalittoral rock features include circalittoral fouling communities (CR.FCR.FouFa) and circalittoral caves and overhangs (CR.FCR.Cv). These features are present throughout the circalittoral zone in ...
SS.SSa.IFiSa.NcirBat Nephtys cirrosa and Bathyporeia spp. in infralittoral sand
Published date 2015-03Well-sorted medium and fine sands characterised by Nephtys cirrosa and Bathyporeia spp. (and sometimes Pontocrates spp.) which occur in the shallow sublittoral to at least 30 m depth. This biotope occ...