Biodiversity & Conservation

Pectenogammarus planicrurus in mid shore well-sorted gravel or coarse sand

LS.LCS.Sh.Pec

LGS.Pec

Image Paul Brazier - Gravel and sand shore. Image width ca XX cm.
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Distribution map

LS.LCS.Sh.Pec 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 LS Littoral sediment
Habitat complex LS.LCS Littoral coarse sediment
Biotope complex LS.LCS.Sh Shingle (pebble) and gravel shores
Biotope LS.LCS.Sh.Pec Pectenogammarus planicrurus in mid shore well-sorted gravel or coarse sand

Additional information icon Additional information

European Nature Information System (EUNIS) habitat classification code: A2.112/B-LGS.Sh.Pec - Pectenogammarus planicrurus in mid shore well-sorted gravel or coarse sand (Davies & Moss, 1998).

This review can be cited as follows:

Budd, G.C. 2002. Pectenogammarus planicrurus in mid shore well-sorted gravel or coarse sand. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 20/06/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/habitatclassification.php?habitatid=151&code=2004>