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Intertidal cave and overhangs

Habitat listings

Barren and/or boulder-scoured littoral cave walls and floors
 Barren and/or boulder-scoured littoral cave walls and floors
Faunal crusts on wave-surged littoral cave walls
 Faunal crusts on wave-surged littoral cave walls
Green algal films on upper and mid-shore cave walls and ceilings
 Green algal films on upper and mid-shore cave walls and ceilings
Littoral caves and overhangs
 Littoral caves and overhangs
Sparse fauna (barnacles and spirorbids) on sand/pebble-scoured rock in littoral caves missing
 Sparse fauna (barnacles and spirorbids) on sand/pebble-scoured rock in littoral caves
Sponges and shade-tolerant red seaweeds on overhanging lower eulittoral bedrock and in cave entrances missing
 Sponges and shade-tolerant red seaweeds on overhanging lower eulittoral bedrock and in cave entrances
Sponges, bryozoans and ascidians on deeply overhanging lower shore bedrock or caves
 Sponges, bryozoans and ascidians on deeply overhanging lower shore bedrock or caves
Sponges, shade-tolerant red seaweeds and [Dendrodoa grossularia] on wave-surged overhanging lower eulittoral bedrock and caves
 Sponges, shade-tolerant red seaweeds and Dendrodoa grossularia on wave-surged overhanging lower eulittoral bedrock and caves
[Rhodochorton purpureum] and [Cladophora rupestris] on upper to mid-shore cave walls
 Rhodochorton purpureum and Cladophora rupestris on upper to mid-shore cave walls
[Rhodochorton purpureum] and [Pleurocladia lacustris] crusts on upper and mid-shore cave walls and ceilings missing
 Rhodochorton purpureum and Pleurocladia lacustris crusts on upper and mid-shore cave walls and ceilings
[Verrucaria mucosa] and/or [Hildenbrandia rubra] on upper to mid shore cave walls missing
 Verrucaria mucosa and/or Hildenbrandia rubra on upper to mid shore cave walls
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