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M.AtMB.Sa.UrcCom.CidUrc Cidarid urchin assemblage on Atlantic mid bathyal sand
Published date 2015-03This biotope is characterised by sparse and occasionally agreggated Cidarid urchins on sand substrates. The same epifaunal assemblage is also found on coarse sediment and in the upper bathyal but asso...
M.AtMB.Mx.XenCom.SyrFra Syringammina fragilissima field on Atlantic mid bathyal mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03Assemblage characterised by dense aggregations of the xenophyophore Syringammina fragilissima on mixed sediment. Associated species will vary with depth but may include squat lobsters (Munida), Ophiur...
M.AtUB.Co.SpaEnc Sparse encrusting community on Atlantic upper bathyal coarse sediment
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. Associated species can include sq...
M.AtMA.Co Atlantic mid abyssal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03Deep-sea coarse sediment has not been sampled widely for infauna so little is currently known about infaunal community structure. Epifauna tend to be sparse mobile species or burrowing fauna such as a...
M.AtLB.Co.SolScl Solitary scleractinian field on Atlantic lower bathyal coarse sediment
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.ArMB.Co Arctic mid bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03Deep-sea coarse sediment has not been sampled widely for infauna so little is currently known about infaunal community structure. Epifauna tend to be sparse mobile species or burrowing fauna such as a...
CR.HCR.FaT.CTub.Adig Alcyonium digitatum with dense Tubularia indivisa and anemones on strongly tide-swept circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant is typically found on exposed circalittoral bedrock and boulders in sounds, narrows and around tide-swept promontories in accelerated tidal streams. It is dominated by aggregations of dea...
M.AtUB.Mu.SolScl Solitary scleractinian field on Atlantic upper bathyal mud
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.ArMB Arctic mid bathyal
Published date 2015-03Within the UK, Arctic seabed habitats occur at depths greater than 600 m in the Faroe-Shetland Channel. The cooler Arctic waters (typically below 0°C) are subducted below Atlantic waters meaning the u...
M.AtUB.Mu Atlantic upper bathyal mud
Published date 2015-03Deep-sea mud sediments have a diverse infaunal community dominated by polychaetes. Epifauna tend to be sparse, mobile species, but aggregations of erect fauna such as glass sponges, seapens and soft c...