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CR.MCR.CFaVS.CuSpH.As Cushion sponges, hydroids and ascidians on turbid tide-swept sheltered circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This sub-biotope typically occurs in a mixture of turbid, full and variable salinity water, on wave-sheltered and moderately exposed bedrock or boulders. Tidal streams are typically moderately strong ...
M.AtMB.Sa.InfPol Mixed infauna dominated by polychaetes in Atlantic mid bathyal sand
Published date 2015-03All infaunal communities in the deep-sea are dominated by polychaete species with a diverse range of other taxa including bivalves, amphipods and sipunculids. Species level data were not available for...
M.AtUA.Ro Atlantic upper abyssal rock and other hard substrata
Published date 2015-03Rock and other hard substrate has a more diverse epifaunal community as species attach to the hard surface that in turn attract more fauna. Deep-sea rock is generally encrusted in a range of species i...
M.AtMB.Ro.MixCor Mixed cold water coral community on Atlantic mid bathyal rock and other hard substrata
Published date 2015-03This broad community contains those biotopes where corals dominate but do not form a living coral reef. A mixture of different coral types can be present. Associated species are similar to 'sparse enc...
M.AtLB.Mu.SolScl Solitary scleractinian field on Atlantic lower bathyal mud
Published date 2015-03This broad community is characterised by dense aggregations of solitary cup corals (Caryophylliidae and / or Flabellidae) on sediments including mud and sandy mud and coarse sediments. The species com...
M.AtUB.Sa.InfPol Mixed infauna dominated by polychaetes in Atlantic upper bathyal sand
Published date 2015-03All infaunal communities in the deep-sea are dominated by polychaete species with a diverse range of other taxa including bivalves, amphipods and sipunculids. Species level data were not available for...
M.AtLB.Mx.SurOph.OphCer Ophiomusa lymani and cerianthid anemone assemblage on Atlantic lower bathyal mixed sediment
Published date 2015-03Brittle star Ophiomusa lymani and associated species on mixed sediments. This may be found overlain on top of another assemblage. Actiniaria, Cerianthidae, Crinoidea, Holothuroidea, Ophiomusa lymani,...
M.AtLA.Sa Atlantic lower abyssal sand
Published date 2015-03Deep-sea sand sediments have a diverse infaunal community dominated by polychaetes. Epifauna tend to be sparse, mobile species, or burrowing fauna such as anemones and brittlestars visible at the surf...
M.AtMB.Mu.SolScl Solitary scleractinian field on Atlantic mid bathyal mud
Published date 2015-03This broad community is characterised by dense aggregations of solitary cup corals (Caryophylliidae and / or Flabellidae) on sediments including mud and sandy mud and coarse sediments. The species com...
M.AtUB.Co.SpaEnc.SpoSer Pale encrusting sponges and serpulids on Atlantic upper bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03This biotope consists of gravel substrates with few visible epifauna only encrusting forms. The same assemblage was recorded in the Atlanto-Arctic and Atlantic mid bathyal zones but associated infau...