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Intertidal sands

Habitat listings

Strandline communities

Talitrids on the upper shore and strand-line
 Talitrids on the upper shore and strand-line

Mobile sand shores

Amphipods and [Scolelepis] spp. in littoral medium-fine sand missing
 Amphipods and Scolelepis spp. in littoral medium-fine sand
Barren littoral coarse sand
 Barren littoral coarse sand
Barren or amphipod-dominated mobile sand shores
 Barren or amphipod-dominated mobile sand shores
Oligochaetes in full salinity littoral mobile sand missing
 Oligochaetes in full salinity littoral mobile sand
Oligochaetes in littoral mobile sand missing
 Oligochaetes in littoral mobile sand
Oligochaetes in variable salinity littoral mobile sand
 Oligochaetes in variable salinity littoral mobile sand
[Eurydice pulchra] in littoral mobile sand
 Eurydice pulchra in littoral mobile sand
[Pontocrates arenarius] in littoral mobile sand missing
 Pontocrates arenarius in littoral mobile sand
[Scolelepis] spp. in littoral mobile sand missing
 Scolelepis spp. in littoral mobile sand

Fine sand shores

Polychaetes and [Macomangulus tenuis] in littoral fine sand missing
 Polychaetes and Macomangulus tenuis in littoral fine sand
Polychaetes in littoral fine sand
 Polychaetes in littoral fine sand
Polychaetes, including [Paraonis fulgens], in littoral fine sand
 Polychaetes, including Paraonis fulgens, in littoral fine sand
[Nephtys cirrosa] - dominated littoral fine sand
 Nephtys cirrosa - dominated littoral fine sand

Muddy sands (infralittoral)

Polychaete / bivalve dominated muddy sand shores
 Polychaete / bivalve dominated muddy sand shores
[Bathyporeia pilosa] and [Corophium arenarium] in littoral muddy sand
 Bathyporeia pilosa and Corophium arenarium in littoral muddy sand
[Cerastoderma edule] and polychaetes in littoral muddy sand missing
 Cerastoderma edule and polychaetes in littoral muddy sand
[Hediste diversicolor], [Macoma balthica] and [Eteone longa] in littoral muddy sand missing
 Hediste diversicolor, Macoma balthica and Eteone longa in littoral muddy sand
[Lanice conchilega] in littoral sand
 Lanice conchilega in littoral sand
[Macoma balthica] and [Arenicola marina] in littoral muddy sand
 Macoma balthica and Arenicola marina in littoral muddy sand
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