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SS.SCS Sublittoral coarse sediment (unstable cobbles and pebbles, gravels and coarse sands)
Published date 2015-03Coarse sediments including coarse sand, gravel, pebbles, shingle and cobbles which are often unstable due to tidal currents and/or wave action. These habitats are generally found on the open coast or ...
CR.LCR.BrAs.AmenCio.Ant Solitary ascidians, including Ascidia mentula and Ciona intestinalis, with Antedon spp. on wave-sheltered circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant occurs on circalittoral bedrock or boulder slopes in generally wave-sheltered conditions (often in sea lochs) with little tidal flow. It is frequently found on vertical or steeply-sloping...
CR.HCR.XFa.ByErSp.Cyl Mixed turf of bryozoans and erect sponges with Cylista elegans on tide-swept ciraclittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant is typically found on wave-exposed circalittoral bedrock and boulders, on steep slopes and upper faces in moderate tidal streams. This species-rich biotope is characterised by a dense spo...
CR.MCR.EcCr.FaAlCr.Flu Flustra foliacea on slightly scoured silty circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant is typically found on the upper faces of moderately wave-exposed circalittoral bedrock or boulders subjected to moderately strong tidal streams. These rocky patches may be interspersed wi...
M.AtMB.Mu.CriCom Crinoid dominated community on Atlantic mid bathyal mud
Published date 2015-03This broad community contains assembages where crinoids dominate the fauna. Crinoid assemblages are found typically in areas with higher current speeds that facilitate filter feeding, such as the shel...
CR.MCR.EcCr.FaAlCr.Adig Alcyonium digitatum, Spirobranchus triqueter, algal and bryozoan crusts on wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant is typically found on the vertical, steep and upper faces of wave-exposed circalittoral bedrock or boulders subject to varying amounts of current. The variant has a very grazed, sparse ap...
LS.LBR.LMus.Myt.Mx Mytilus edulis beds on littoral mixed substrata
Published date 2015-03Mid and lower shore mixed substrata (mainly cobbles and pebbles on fine sediments) in a wide range of exposure conditions and with aggregations of the mussel Mytilus edulis colonising mainly the sedim...
M.ArMB.Ro Arctic mid bathyal rock and other hard substrata
Published date 2015-03Rock and other hard substrate have more diverse epifaunal communities than sediment as species attach to the hard surface that in turn attract more fauna. Deep-sea rock is generally encrusted in a ran...
M.AtUB.Sa.CriCom Crinoid dominated community on Atlantic upper bathyal sand
Published date 2015-03This broad community contains assembages where crinoids dominate the fauna. Crinoid assemblages are found typically in areas with higher current speeds that facilitate filter feeding, such as the shel...
M.ArMB.Bi Arctic mid bathyal biogenic structure
Published date 2015-03A biogenic structure is formed when reef-forming species, such as cold water corals, attach to any hard substrate present and grow over the surrounding area forming a secondary substrate over the top....