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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...
IR.MIR.KR.XFoR Dense foliose red seaweeds on silty moderately exposed infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Upward-facing surfaces of shallow, infralittoral bedrock and boulders in areas of turbid water dominated by dense red seaweeds, with the notable absence of kelp. The stable rock, which can be cobbles ...
SS.SCS.ICS.SSh Sparse fauna on highly mobile sublittoral shingle (cobbles and pebbles)
Published date 2015-03Sublittoral clean shingle and pebble habitats with a lack of conspicuous fauna. Unstable, rounded pebbles and stones (as opposed to sub-angular cobbles, which are often found lying on or embedded in o...
SS.SMu.OMu.ForThy Foraminiferans and Thyasira sp. in deep circalittoral fine mud
Published date 2015-03In deep water and soft muds of Boreal and Arctic areas, a community dominated by foraminiferans and the bivalve Thyasira sp. (e.g. T. croulinensis and T. pygmaea) may occur (Thorson 1957; Künitzer et...
LS.LSa.FiSa.Po.Ncir Nephtys cirrosa-dominated littoral fine sand
Published date 2015-03This biotope occurs mainly on the mid and lower shore on moderately wave-exposed and sheltered coasts, with medium to fine clean sand which remains damp throughout the tidal cycle and contains little ...
SS.SMp.Mrl Maerl beds
Published date 2015-03Beds of maerl in coarse clean sediments of gravels and clean sands, which occur either on the open coast or in tide-swept channels of marine inlets (the latter often stony). In fully marine conditions...
LR.LLR.FVS.FspiVS Fucus spiralis on sheltered variable salinity upper eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Sheltered to extremely sheltered upper eulittoral bedrock or mixed substrata (boulders, large cobbles or shells on mud) in variable salinity conditions characterised by a band of the spiral wrack Fucu...
LS.LMx.GvMu.HedMx Hediste diversicolor in littoral gravelly muddy sand and gravelly sandy mud
Published date 2015-03Sheltered gravelly sandy mud, subject to reduced salinity, mainly on the mid and lower shore. The infaunal community is dominated by abundant ragworms Hediste diversicolor. Other species of the infaun...
IR.MIR.KR Kelp and red seaweeds (moderate energy infralittoral rock)
Published date 2015-03Infralittoral rock subject to moderate wave exposure, or moderately strong tidal streams on more sheltered coasts. On bedrock and stable boulders there is typically a narrow band of kelp Laminaria dig...
LS.LMx.GvMu.HedMx.Scr Hediste diversicolor and Scrobicularia plana in littoral gravelly mud
Published date 2015-03Extremely sheltered gravelly mud on the mid and lower shore, containing little sand with occasional cobbles. The infaunal community includes the ragworm Hediste diversicolor and the peppery furrow she...