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Information on the biology of species and the ecology of habitats found around the coasts and seas of the British Isles

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Habitat list

Browse available information on habitats (as biotopes) and their sensitivity to man-made pressures. Habitat information targets biotopes identified within the interest features of marine Special Areas for Conservation (SACs) in English, Scottish and Welsh waters, and represent many of the United Kingdom's listed habitats. Please note habitats are listed as  v04.05 biotopes.

= MarESA review.   = MarLIN review.

Habitat listings

Maritime cliffs and slopes

Intertidal rock

Features of intertidal rock

Intertidal chalk communities

Intertidal sediment

Coastal saltmarsh communities

Seagrass beds (intertidal)

Intertidal biogenic reefs

Subtidal rock (infralittoral)

Features of subtidal rock (infralittoral)

Subtidal rock (circalittoral)

Features of subtidal rock (circalittoral)

Subtidal sediment

Subtidal plant dominated sediments

Seagrass beds (subtidal)

Subtidal biogenic reefs

Cold-water coral reef

Features of sublittoral sediment

Deep-sea bed

Image: Atlantic lower bathyal live [Solenosmilia variabilis] reef (biogenic structure) missing

 Atlantic lower bathyal live Solenosmilia variabilis reef (biogenic structure)

Image: Atlantic upper bathyal live [Lophelia pertusa] reef (biogenic structure) missing

 Atlantic upper bathyal live Lophelia pertusa reef (biogenic structure)

Image: Cerianthid anemones and burrowing megafauna in Atlantic mid bathyal mud missing

 Cerianthid anemones and burrowing megafauna in Atlantic mid bathyal mud

Image: Discrete [Lophelia pertusa] colonies on Atlantic mid bathyal rock and other hard substrata missing

 Discrete Lophelia pertusa colonies on Atlantic mid bathyal rock and other hard substrata

Image: Discrete [Lophelia pertusa] colonies on Atlantic upper bathyal rock and other hard substrata missing

 Discrete Lophelia pertusa colonies on Atlantic upper bathyal rock and other hard substrata

Image: Discrete [Solenosmilia variabilis] colonies on Atlantic lower bathyal coarse sediment missing

 Discrete Solenosmilia variabilis colonies on Atlantic lower bathyal coarse sediment

Image: Discrete [Solenosmilia variabilis] colonies on Atlantic lower bathyal rock and other hard substrata missing

 Discrete Solenosmilia variabilis colonies on Atlantic lower bathyal rock and other hard substrata

Image: Lobose sponge and stylasterid assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal rock and other hard substrata missing

 Lobose sponge and stylasterid assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal rock and other hard substrata

Image: Mixed coral assemblage on Atlantic mid bathyal [Lophelia pertusa] reef framework (biogenic structure) missing

 Mixed coral assemblage on Atlantic mid bathyal Lophelia pertusa reef framework (biogenic structure)

Image: Mixed coral assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal [Lophelia pertusa] reef framework (biogenic structure) missing

 Mixed coral assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal Lophelia pertusa reef framework (biogenic structure)

Image: Squat lobster assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal coarse sediment ([Lophelia] rubble ) missing

 Squat lobster assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal coarse sediment (Lophelia rubble )

Image: [Acanella arbuscula] assemblage on Atlantic lower bathyal mud missing

 Acanella arbuscula assemblage on Atlantic lower bathyal mud

Image: [Acanella arbuscula] assemblage on Atlantic mid bathyal mud missing

 Acanella arbuscula assemblage on Atlantic mid bathyal mud

Image: [Caryophyllia smithii] and [Actinauge richardi] assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal coarse sediment missing

 Caryophyllia smithii and Actinauge richardi assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal coarse sediment

Image: [Corymorpha], [Gersemia], [Zoantharia] and [Heliometra glacialis] on Arctic mid bathyal rock and other hard substrata missing

 Corymorpha, Gersemia, Zoantharia and Heliometra glacialis on Arctic mid bathyal rock and other hard substrata

Image: [Geodia] and other massive sponges on Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal coarse sediment

 Geodia and other massive sponges on Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal coarse sediment

Image: [Geodia] and other massive sponges on Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal mixed sediment

 Geodia and other massive sponges on Atlanto-Arctic upper bathyal mixed sediment

Image: [Kophobelemnon] field on Atlantic mid bathyal mud

 Kophobelemnon field on Atlantic mid bathyal mud

Image: [Kophobelemnon] field on Atlantic upper bathyal mud

 Kophobelemnon field on Atlantic upper bathyal mud

Image: [Leptometra celtica] assemblage on Atlantic mid bathyal coarse sediment

 Leptometra celtica assemblage on Atlantic mid bathyal coarse sediment

Image: [Leptometra celtica] assemblage on Atlantic mid bathyal sand

 Leptometra celtica assemblage on Atlantic mid bathyal sand

Image: [Leptometra celtica] assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal coarse sediment

 Leptometra celtica assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal coarse sediment

Image: [Leptometra celtica] assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal sand

 Leptometra celtica assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal sand

Image: [Pheronema carpenteri] field on Atlantic lower bathyal mud

 Pheronema carpenteri field on Atlantic lower bathyal mud

Image: [Pheronema carpenteri] field on Atlantic mid bathyal mud

 Pheronema carpenteri field on Atlantic mid bathyal mud

Image: [Reteporella] and Axinellid sponges on Atlantic upper bathyal rock and other hard substrata missing

 Reteporella and Axinellid sponges on Atlantic upper bathyal rock and other hard substrata