Biodiversity & Conservation

Ceramium sp. and piddocks on eulittoral fossilized peat

LR.MLR.R.RPid

MLR.Rpid

Image Rohan Holt - Piddock bored rock with red algae. Image width ca 1 m (foreground).
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Distribution map

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

  • EC_Habitats

Map icon UK and Ireland classification

Major habitat LR Littoral rock (and other hard substrata)
Habitat complex LR.MLR Moderately exposed littoral rock (barnacle/fucoid shores)
Biotope complex LR.MLR.R Red seaweeds (moderately exposed shores)
Biotope LR.MLR.R.RPid Ceramium sp. and piddocks on eulittoral fossilised peat

Additional information icon Additional information

European Nature Information System (EUNIS) habitat classification code: A1.235/B-MLR.RPid - Ceramium sp. and piddocks on eulittoral fossilized peat (Davies & Moss, 1998).
The biotope MLR.FserPid - Fucus serratus and piddocks on lower eulittoral soft rock, occurs in similar physical conditions, but the rocky substratum favours colonization by Fucus serratus rather than ephemeral seaweeds, such as Ulva and Enteromorpha spp.

This review can be cited as follows:

Budd, G.C. 2008. Ceramium sp. and piddocks on eulittoral fossilized peat. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 18/06/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/habitatclassification.php?habitatid=369&code=1997>