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LS.LSa.FiSa.Po.Pful Polychaetes, including Paraonis fulgens, in littoral fine sand
Published date 2015-03This biotope occurs mainly on the mid and lower shore of moderately wave-exposed coasts, with medium and fine clean sand which remains damp throughout the tidal cycle and contains little organic matte...
M.AAUB.Bi Atlanto-Arctic upper 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....
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.LCR Low energy circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This habitat complex occurs on wave-sheltered circalittoral bedrock and boulders subject to mainly weak/very weak tidal streams. The biotopes identified within this habitat complex are often dominated...
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...
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....
M.ArLB Arctic lower bathyal
Published date 2015-03Arctic waters are much cooler than Atlantic waters (typically below 0°C). Within the UK, Arctic seabed habitats occur at depths greater than 600 m in the Faroe-Shetland Channel. The Arctic lower bathy...
M.AtUB.Ro.DeeSpo Deep sponge aggregation on Atlantic upper bathyal rock and other hard substrata
Published date 2015-03This broad community contains assemblages where sponges dominate sediment habitats. Sponges can be of all morphotypes except encrusting. Aggregations of Axinellid sponges as well as lobose sponges hav...
CR.MCR.EcCr.CarSwi.Aglo Caryophyllia smithii, Swiftia pallida and Alcyonium glomeratum on wave-sheltered circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant typically occurs on sheltered, ridged, circalittoral bedrock or boulders subject to only weak tidal streams, but may be found in somewhat more exposed conditions. It is found in water dep...
M.AtMB.Co Atlantic 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...