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M.ArLB.Co Arctic lower 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...
M.AtUB.Co.UrcCom.CidUrc Cidarid urchin assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03This biotope is characterised by sparse and occasionally agreggated Cidarid urchins on gravelly sand substrates. The same epifaunal assemblage is also found on sand and in the mid bathyal but associat...
CR.FCR.FouFa Circalittoral fouling faunal communities
Published date 2015-03This biotope complex contains two biotopes which, although have different physical habitat characteristics, share the fact that they colonise new areas of artificial substrata relatively quickly. The ...
IR.HIR High energy infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Rocky habitats in the infralittoral zone subject to exposed to extremely exposed wave action or strong tidal streams. Typically the rock supports a community of kelp Laminaria hyperborea with foliose ...
LS.LSa.MuSa Polychaete/bivalve-dominated muddy sand shores
Published date 2015-03Muddy sand or fine sand, often occurring as extensive intertidal flats on open coasts and in marine inlets. The sediment generally remains water-saturated during low water. The habitat may be subject ...
CR.MCR.SfR.Pid Piddocks with a sparse associated fauna in sublittoral very soft chalk or clay
Published date 2015-03This biotope occurs on circalittoral soft rock, such as soft chalk or clay, most often in moderately exposed tide-swept conditions. As soft chalk and firm clay are often too soft for sessile filter-fe...
M.AAUB.Mx Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03Deep-sea mixed sediment has not been sampled widely for infauna so little is currently known about infaunal community structure. Epifauna tend to be sparse mobile species. In the absence of ecological...
M.AtMB.Co.XenCom Xenophyophore dominated community on Atlantic mid bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03This broad community is characterised by dense aggreations of xenophyophores. Associated species will vary with depth and sediment type but may include squat lobsters (Munida), Ophiuroids, Majid crabs...
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.MCR.CFaVS.CuSpH.VS Cushion sponges and hydroids on turbid tide-swept variable salinity sheltered circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This sub-biotope typically occurs in turbid, variable salinity water, on wave-sheltered bedrock in estuaries subject to strong tidal regimes where circalittoral communities occur in relatively shallow...