BIOTIC

BIOTIC Species Information for Inachus dorsettensis
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Researched by	Rose Edwards	Data supplied by	MarLIN
Refereed by	This information is not refereed.
Distribution and Habitat
Distribution in Britain & Ireland	Widely distributed around the British Isles with sparse records along the east coast of England and west coast of Ireland.
Global distribution	Norway to S. Africa and Med ( Hayward & Ryland, 1995).
Biogeographic range	Not researched	Depth range	To at least 300 m depth (Ingle, 1997).
Migratory	Insufficient information
Distribution Additional Information

Substratum preferences	Pebbles Coarse clean sand Fine clean sand Sandy mud Mud Muddy sand	Physiographic preferences	Insufficient information
Biological zone	Insufficient information	Wave exposure	Insufficient information
Tidal stream strength/Water flow	Insufficient information	Salinity	Insufficient information
Habitat Preferences Additional Information	Inachus dorsettensis was found to be scarce on coarse substrata and most abundant on muddy sand near the Isle of Mann (Hartnoll et al., 1993).
Distribution References	Crothers & Crothers, 1988, Hayward & Ryland, 1995b, Ingle, 1997, Ingle, 1980, JNCC, 1999, NBN, 2002, Ingle, 1996, Hartnoll et al., 1993,