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M.AtLB.Ro.MixCor.DisSol Discrete Solenosmilia variabilis colonies on Atlantic lower bathyal rock and other hard substrata
Published date 2015-03This biotope is a deeper variant of discrete Lophelia pertusa colonies where L. pertusa is replaced by S. variabilis occuring on bedrock. The same assemblage was recorded on coarse sediment but assoc...
M.ArMB.Mu.InfPol Mixed infauna dominated by polychaetes in Arctic mid bathyal mud
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.AtMB.Co.SpaEnc Sparse encrusting community on Atlantic mid bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03This broad community includes all biotopes that are characterised by encrusting species including deep-sea sponges, serpulid worms, cup corals and Anoniimid bivalves. This community is widespread and ...
M.AtLB.Mu.UrcCom Urchin dominated community on Atlantic lower bathyal mud
Published date 2015-03This broad community contains biotopes that are dominated by urchins and occurs on sediment. The species of urchin and associated species varies with depth and substrate type. On Atlantic lower bathy...
LS.LSa.MoSa.AmSco Amphipods and Scolelepis spp. in littoral medium-fine sand
Published date 2015-03Mobile clean sandy beaches on exposed and moderately exposed shores, with sediment grain sizes ranging from medium to fine, often with a fraction of coarser sediment. The sediment contains little or n...
SS.SCS.ICS.HchrEdw Halcampa chrysanthellum and Edwardsia timida on sublittoral clean stone gravel
Published date 2015-03Periodically disturbed sublittoral stone gravel with small pebbles characterised by the presence of the anemones Halcampa chrysanthellum and Edwardsia timida. Associated species are often typical of a...
SS.SSa.IMuSa.SsubNhom Spisula subtruncata and Nephtys hombergii in shallow muddy sand
Published date 2015-03In shallow non-cohesive muddy sands, in fully marine conditions, a community characterised by the bivalve Spisula subtruncata and the polychaete Nephtys hombergii may occur. The sediments in which thi...
IR.FIR.SG.CrSpAsAn Anemones, including Corynactis viridis, crustose sponges and colonial ascidians on very exposed or wave surged vertical infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Vertical very exposed and exposed bedrock gullies, tunnels and cave entrances subject to wave-surge dominated by sponge crusts such as Clathrina coriacea, Myxilla incrustans, Pachymatisma johnstonia a...
LS.LBR.LMus.Myt Mytilus edulis beds on littoral sediments
Published date 2015-03Dense aggregations of Mytilus edulis on the mid and lower shore, on mixed substrata (mainly cobbles and pebbles on fine sediments), on sand, or on sheltered muddy shores. In high densities the mussels...
Garron Point
Published dateDesignated Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Country Scotland Unitary Authority North Eastern Scotland Centroid * NO890885 Latitude 56.9833 Longitude -2.1689 SAC EU Code UK0030356 Status Designated S...