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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...
SS.SMu.CFiMu.AtrEch Atrina fragilis and echinoderms on circalittoral mud
Published date 2015-03Circalittoral mud and mixed sediments characterised by the epifaunal assemblage of fan mussel Atrina fragilis and brittle star Amphiura. The description of this biotope is based on epifauna recorded f...
M.AAUB.Co.DeeSpo Deep sponge aggregation on Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03This broad community contains assemblages where sponges dominate sediment habitats. Sponges can be of all morphotypes except encrusting. Aggregations of the Geodia species with other massive forms are...
SS.SMu.OMu.CalPol Calocaris macandreae and polychaetes in offshore circalittoral mud and sandy mud
Published date 2015-03Sublittoral mud and sandy mud plains characterised by a wide range of infauna including polychaetes, few crustaceans and molluscs. This biotope has been found in the Irish Sea, the Minches, and Wester...
M.AtUB.Co.SolScl.CarAct Caryophyllia smithii and Actinauge richardi assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03Biotope comprising cup coral Caryophyllia smithii and anemone Actinauge richardi attached to small pieces of hard material in the sediment. This assemblage is observed on the shallow parts of Rockall ...
M.ArMB.Ro.MixCor.CorGer Corymorpha, Gersemia, Zoantharia and Heliometra glacialis on Arctic mid bathyal rock and other hard substrata
Published date 2015-03This biotope has been recorded on a cobble matrix at the base of the Wyville-Thomson Ridge. The most conspicuos fauna are an unidentified orange zoanthid, Corymorpha and Gersemia, although there is a ...
M.AtMB.Ro.SpaEnc.PsoAno Psolus squamatus, Anomiidae, serpulid polychaetes and Munida on Atlantic mid bathyal rock and other hard substrata
Published date 2015-03This biotope consists of cobble, boulder and bedrock areas with the holothurian Psolus being the most conspicuous faunal compenent. A range of encrusting species are also present but there is no consp...
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.AAUB.Mx.DeeSpo.GeoSpo Geodia and other massive sponges on Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03This biotope has been found at approximately 500m on the eastern slopes of the Faroe-Shetland Channel, it principally consists of rather small sponge specimens but that practically carpet the seafloor...
CR.HCR.XFa.CvirCri Corynactis viridis and a mixed turf of crisiids, Bugula, Scrupocellaria, and Cellaria on moderately tide-swept exposed circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This biotope typically occurs on wave-exposed, vertical or steep, circalittoral bedrock or large boulders, usually subject to moderate or strong tidal streams. It is characterised by dense aggregation...