Biodiversity & Conservation

Rhodothamniella floridula on sand-scoured lower eulittoral rock

LR.MLR.BF.Rho

MLR.Rho

Image Kate Northen - Sand tolerant red algae on lower shore. Image width ca 60 cm (foreground).
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Distribution map

LR.MLR.BF.Rho recorded (dark blue bullet) and expected (light blue bullet) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

  • EC_Habitats

For a list of 2004 characterising species please see the JNCC website.

Map icon UK and Ireland classification

Major habitat LR Littoral rock (and other hard substrata)
Habitat complex LR.MLR Moderate energy littoral rock
Biotope complex LR.MLR.BF Barnacles and fucoids on moderately exposed shores
Biotope LR.MLR.BF.Rho Rhodothamniella floridula on sand-scoured lower eulittoral rock

Additional information icon Additional information

European Union Nature Information System (EUNIS) habitat classification code: A1.243/B-MLR.Eph.Rho - Rhodothamniella floridula on sand-scoured lower eulittoral rock (Davies & Moss, 1998).

This review can be cited as follows:

Riley, K. 2002. Rhodothamniella floridula on sand-scoured lower eulittoral rock. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 19/06/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/habitatclassification.php?habitatid=12&code=2004>