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SS.SSa.SSaVS Sublittoral sand in variable salinity (estuaries)
Published date 2015-03Clean sands that occur in the upper reaches of marine inlets, especially estuaries, where water movement is moderately strong, allowing the sedimentation of sand but not the finer silt fraction. The h...
SS.SMu.SMuVS Sublittoral mud in variable salinity (estuaries)
Published date 2015-03Shallow sublittoral muds, extending from the extreme lower shore into the subtidal in variable salinity (estuarine) conditions. Such habitats typically support communities characterised by oligochaete...
M.ArMB.Co Arctic 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...
LR.LLR.F.Fspi.X Fucus spiralis on full salinity upper eulittoral mixed substrata
Published date 2015-03Moderately exposed to sheltered full salinity upper eulittoral mixed substrata characterised by a band of the wrack Fucus spiralis. Occasional clumps of the wrack Pelvetia canaliculata can be overgrow...
CR.MCR.EcCr.FaAlCr.Sec Alcyonium digitatum with Securiflustra securifrons on tide-swept moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This variant is typically found on the upper and vertical faces of moderately wave-exposed circalittoral bedrock subject to moderately strong to weak tidal streams. The rock surface is dominated by Al...
SS.SCS.CCS.MedLumVen Mediomastus fragilis, Lumbrineris spp. and venerid bivalves in circalittoral coarse sand or gravel
Published date 2015-03Circalittoral gravels, coarse to medium sands, and shell gravels, sometimes with a small amount of silt and generally in relatively deep water (generally over 15-20 m), may be characterised by polycha...
LR.LLR.FVS.FspiVS Fucus spiralis on sheltered variable salinity upper eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Sheltered to extremely sheltered upper eulittoral bedrock or mixed substrata (boulders, large cobbles or shells on mud) in variable salinity conditions characterised by a band of the spiral wrack Fucu...
SS.SSa.OSa Offshore circalittoral sand
Published date 2015-03Offshore (deep) circalittoral habitats with fine sands or non-cohesive muddy sands. Very little data is available on these habitats however they are likely to be more stable than their shallower count...
CR.MCR.CMus.Mdis Musculus discors beds on moderately exposed circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This biotope typically occurs on the upper faces of moderately exposed, moderately tide-swept bedrock, boulders and cobbles in slightly silty conditions. The mussel Musculus discors occurs in dense ma...
M.AtLA.Mx Atlantic lower abyssal 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...