The Marine Life Information Network

LR.HLR.MusB.MytB

Mytilus edulis and barnacles on very exposed eulittoral rock

LR.MLR.BF.FvesB

Fucus vesiculosus and barnacle mosaics on moderately exposed mid eulittoral rock

LR.MLR.BF.Fser

Fucus serratus on moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock

LR.MLR.BF.Fser.R

Fucus serratus and red seaweeds on moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock

LR.MLR.BF.Fser.Bo

Fucus serratus and under-boulder fauna on exposed to moderately exposed lower eulittoral boulders

LR.MLR.MusF.MytFves

Mytilus edulis and Fucus vesiculosus on moderately exposed mid eulittoral rock

LR.LLR.F.Fves

Fucus vesiculosus on moderately exposed to sheltered mid eulittoral rock

LR.LLR.F.Fves.FS

Fucus vesiculosus on full salinity moderately exposed to sheltered mid eulittoral rock

LR.LLR.F.Fves.X

Fucus vesiculosus on mid eulittoral mixed substrata

LR.LLR.F.Asc

Ascophyllum nodosum on very sheltered mid eulittoral rock

LR.LLR.F.Asc.FS

Ascophyllum nodosum on full salinity mid eulittoral rock

LR.LLR.F.Asc.X

Ascophyllum nodosum on full salinity mid eulittoral mixed substrata

LR.LLR.F.Fserr

Fucus serratus on sheltered lower eulittoral rock

LR.LLR.F.Fserr.FS

Fucus serratus on full salinity sheltered lower eulittoral rock

LR.LLR.F.Fserr.X

Fucus serratus on full salinity lower eulittoral mixed substrata

LR.FLR.CvOv.SpR

Sponges and shade-tolerant red seaweeds on overhanging lower eulittoral bedrock and in cave entrances

LR.FLR.CvOv.SpR.Den

Sponges, shade-tolerant red seaweeds and Dendrodoa grossularia on wave-surged overhanging lower eulittoral bedrock and caves

LR.FLR.CvOv.SpByAs

Sponges, bryozoans and ascidians on deeply overhanging lower shore bedrock or caves

LS.LMx.Mx.CirCer

Cirratulids and Cerastoderma edule in littoral mixed sediment

LR.FLR.Eph.BLitX

Barnacles and  Littorina  spp. on unstable eulittoral mixed substrata

LS.LMp.LSgr.Znol

Zostera noltei beds in littoral muddy sand

LS.LBR.LMus

Littoral mussel beds on sediment

LS.LBR.LMus.Myt

Mytilus edulis beds on littoral sediments

LS.LBR.LMus.Myt.Mx

Mytilus edulis beds on littoral mixed substrata

LS.LBR.LMus.Myt.Sa

Mytilus edulis beds on littoral sand

LS.LBR.LMus.Myt.Mu

Mytilus edulis beds on littoral mud

IR.MIR.KR.Ldig

Laminaria digitata on moderately exposed sublittoral fringe rock

IR.MIR.KR.Ldig.Ldig

Laminaria digitata on moderately exposed sublittoral fringe bedrock

IR.MIR.KR.Ldig.Bo

Laminaria digitata and under-boulder fauna on sublittoral fringe boulders

IR.LIR.K.Slat

Saccharina latissima on very sheltered infralittoral rock

IR.LIR.K.Slat.Ldig

Saccharina latissima and Laminaria digitata on sheltered sublittoral fringe rock

IR.LIR.K.Slat.Ft

Saccharina latissima forest on very sheltered upper infralittoral rock

IR.LIR.K.SLat.Pk

Saccharina latissima park on very sheltered lower infralittoral rock

IR.LIR.K.Slat.Gz

Grazed Saccharina latissima with  Echinus, brittlestars and coralline crusts on sheltered infralittoral rock

IR.LIR.K.LhypCape

Silted cape-form Laminaria hyperborea on very sheltered infralittoral rock

IR.LIR.K.Sar

Sargassum muticum on shallow, slightly tide-swept infralittoral mixed substrata

CR.MCR.CSab

Circalittoral Sabellaria  reefs (on rock)

CR.MCR.CSab.Sspi

Sabellaria spinulosa encrusted circalittoral rock

CR.MCR.CSab.Sspi.ByB

Sabellaria spinulosa with a bryozoan turf and barnacles on silty turbid circalittoral rock

CR.MCR.CSab.Sspi.As

Sabellaria spinulosa, didemnids and other small ascidians on tide-swept moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock

CR.MCR.CMus.CMyt

Mytilus edulis beds with hydroids and ascidians on tide-swept exposed to moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock

CR.MCR.CMus.Mdis

Musculus discors beds on moderately exposed circalittoral rock

SS.SMx.IMx.Lim

Limaria hians beds in tide-swept sublittoral muddy mixed sediment

SS.SMx.IMx.Ost

Ostrea edulis beds on shallow sublittoral muddy mixed sediment

SS.SMp.Mrl

Maerl beds

SS.SMp.Mrl.Pcal

Phymatolithon calcareum maerl beds in infralittoral clean gravel or coarse sand

SS.SMp.Mrl.Pcal.R

Phymatolithon calcareum maerl beds with red seaweeds in shallow infralittoral clean gravel or coarse sand

SS.SMp.Mrl.Pcal.Nmix

Phymatolithon calcareum maerl beds with Neopentadactyla mixta and other echinoderms in deeper infralittoral clean gravel or coarse sand

SS.SMp.Mrl.Lgla

Lithothamnion glaciale  maerl beds in tide-swept variable salinity infralittoral gravel

SS.SMp.Mrl.Lcor

Lithothamnion corallioides maerl beds on infralittoral muddy gravel

SS.SMp.SSgr.Zmar

Zostera marina / angustifolia beds on lower shore or infralittoral clean or muddy sand

SS.SBR.PoR.SspiMx

Sabellaria spinulosa on stable circalittoral mixed sediment

SS.SBR.PoR.Ser

Serpula vermicularis reefs on very sheltered circalittoral muddy sand

SS.SBR.SMus.ModT

Modiolus modiolus beds with hydroids and red seaweeds on tide-swept circalittoral mixed substrata

SS.SBR.SMus.ModMx

Modiolus modiolus beds on open coast circalittoral mixed sediment

SS.SBR.SMus.ModHAs

Modiolus modiolus beds with fine hydroids and large solitary ascidians on very sheltered circalittoral mixed substrata

SS.SBR.SMus.ModMvar

Modiolus modiolus beds with Mimachlamys varia, sponges, hydroids and bryozoans on slightly tide-swept very sheltered circalittoral mixed substrata

SS.SBR.PoR.SalvMx

Sabellaria alveolata on variable salinity sublittoral mixed sediment

SS.SBR.SMus.MytSS

Mytilus edulis beds on sublittoral sediment