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LR.MLR.BF.Fser Fucus serratus on moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Lower eulittoral bedrock and stable boulders on moderately exposed to sheltered shores with a canopy of the wrack Fucus serratus and an associated fauna consisting of the limpet Patella vulgata, the b...
LR.LLR.F.Pel Pelvetia canaliculata on sheltered littoral fringe rock
Published date 2015-03Lower littoral fringe bedrock or stable boulders and mixed substrata in sheltered to extremely sheltered conditions characterised by a dense cover of the wrack Pelvetia canaliculata. The biotope may b...
SS.SMu.OMu.PjefThyAfil Paramphinome jeffreysii, Thyasira spp. and Amphiura filiformis in offshore circalittoral sandy mud
Published date 2015-03Deep, offshore cohesive sandy mud communities characterised by the polychaete Paramphinome jeffreysii, bivalves such as Parathyasira equalis and Thyasira gouldi (sometimes in elevated densities) and t...
LR.HLR.MusB.Cht.Cht Chthamalus spp. on exposed upper eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Very exposed to moderately exposed upper and mid eulittoral bedrock and boulders characterised by a dense community of barnacles, including Chthamalus montagui, Chthamalus stellatus and Semibalanus ba...
IR.HIR.KSed.SlatSac Saccharina latissima and/or Saccorhiza polyschides on exposed infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03A forest or park of the fast-growing, opportunistic kelps Saccharina latissima and/or Saccorhiza polyschides often occurs on seasonally unstable boulders or sand/pebble scoured infralittoral rock. The...
IR.HIR.KFaR.LhypFa Laminaria hyperborea forest with a faunal cushion (sponges and polyclinids) and foliose red seaweeds on very exposed upper infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Very exposed and exposed, but wave-surged, upper infralittoral bedrock and massive boulders characterised by a dense forest of the kelp Laminaria hyperborea with a high diversity of seaweeds and inver...
LR.FLR.Rkp.FK.Sar Sargassum muticum in eulittoral rockpools
Published date 2015-03Shallow rockpools throughout the eulittoral zone on exposed to moderately exposed shores dominated by the brown seaweed Sargassum muticum and the red seaweed Corallina officinalis. Other brown seaweed...
SS.SSa.SSaVS.NintGam Neomysis integer and Gammarus spp. in fluctuating low salinity infralittoral mobile sand
Published date 2015-03Upper estuary mobile fine muddy sands with very low fluctuating salinity characterised by the mysid shrimp Neomysis integer (see Arndt 1991) and amphipods of the genus Gammarus spp. This habitat has a...
SS.SMu.SMuVS.CapTubi Capitella capitata and Tubificoides spp. in reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sediment
Published date 2015-03Reduced or variable salinity muddy sediment characterised by the Capitella capitata species complex with a relatively low species richness. Large numbers of the oligochaetes Tubificoides spp. may be f...
CR.HCR.XFa.SpNemAdia Sparse sponges, Nemertesia spp. and Alcyonidium diaphanum on circalittoral mixed substrata
Published date 2015-03This biotope is found on moderately wave-exposed sand-scoured, circalittoral boulders, cobbles and pebbles that are subject to moderately strong tidal streams (referred to as lag-cobbles locally). It ...