| JNCC MHC biotope |
Biotope name |
EUNIS |
| IR.MIR.KR.LhypT.Ft |
Laminaria hyperborea forest, foliose red seaweeds and a diverse fauna on tide-swept upper infralittoral rock |
A3.2121 |
| IR.MIR.KR.LhypT.Pk |
Laminaria hyperborea park with hydroids, bryozoans and sponges on tide-swept lower infralittoral rock |
A3.2122 |
| IR.MIR.KR.LhypTX.Ft |
Laminaria hyperborea forest and foliose red seaweeds on tide-swept upper infralittoral mixed substrata |
A3.2131 |
| IR.MIR.KR.LhypTX.Pk |
Laminaria hyperborea park and foliose red seaweeds on tide-swept lower infralittoral mixed substrata |
A3.2132 |
| IR.HIR.KFaR.Ala.Myt |
Alaria esculenta, Mytilus edulis and coralline crusts on very exposed sublittoral fringe bedrock |
A3.1111 |
| IR.HIR.KFaR.AlaAnCrSp |
Alaria esculenta forest with dense anemones and crustose sponges on extremely exposed infralittoral bedrock |
A3.112 |
| IR.MIR.KT.LdigT |
Laminaria digitata, ascidians and bryozoans on tide-swept sublittoral fringe rock |
A3.221 |
| IR.HIR.KSed.SlatSac |
Saccharina latissima and/or Saccorhiza polyschides on exposed infralittoral rock |
A3.122 |
| IR.LIR.KVS.SlatPsaVS |
Saccharina latissima and Psammechinus miliaris on variable salinity grazed infralittoral rock |
A3.322 |
| SS.SMp.KSwSS.SlatR.Gv |
Saccharina latissima and robust red algae on infralittoral gravel and pebble |
A5.5212 |
| SS.SMp.KSwSS.SlatR.Sa |
Saccharina latissima and filamentous red algae on infralittoral sand |
A5.5213 |
| SS.SMp.KSwSS.SlatR.Mu |
Saccharina latissima with red and brown seaweeds on lower infralittoral muddy mixed sediment |
A5.5214 |
| SS.SMp.KSwSS.SlatCho |
Saccharina latissima and Chorda filum on sheltered upper infralittoral muddy sediment |
A5.522 |
| SS.SMp.KSwSS.SlatGraFS |
Saccharina latissima, Gracilaria gracilis and brown seaweeds on full salinity infralittoral sediment |
A5.524 |
| SS.SMp.KSwSS.SlatGraVS |
Saccharina latissima and Gracilaria gracilis with sponges and ascidians on variable salinity infralittoral sediment |
A5.525 |
| IR.HIR.KSed.Sac |
Saccorhiza polyschides and other opportunistic kelps on disturbed sublittoral fringe rock |
A3.121 |
| IR.MIR.KT.XKT |
Mixed kelp with foliose red seaweeds, sponges and ascidians on sheltered tide-swept infralittoral rock |
A3.222 |
| IR.MIR.KT.XKTX |
Mixed kelp and red seaweeds on infralittoral boulders, cobbles and gravel in tidal rapids |
A3.223 |
| IR.HIR.KSed.XKHal |
Halidrys siliquosa and mixed kelps on tide-swept infralittoral rock with coarse sediment |
A3.126 |
| CR.HCR.FaT.CTub.Adig |
Alcyonium digitatum with dense Tubularia indivisa and anemones on strongly tide-swept circalittoral rock |
A4.1122 |
| CR.MCR.EcCr.CarSp.Bri |
Brittlestars overlying coralline crusts, Parasmittina trispinosa and Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii on wave-exposed circalittoral rock |
A4.2121 |
| CR.MCR.EcCr.CarSp.PenPcom |
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii and sponges with Pentapora foliacea, Porella compressa and crustose communities on wave-exposed circalittoral rock |
A4.2122 |
| CR.MCR.EcCr.FaAlCr.Car |
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii with faunal and algal crusts on moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock |
A4.2146 |
| CR.MCR.EcCr.FaAlCr.Adig |
Alcyonium digitatum, Spirobranchus triqueter, algal and bryozoan crusts on wave-exposed circalittoral rock |
A4.2142 |
| CR.MCR.EcCr.FaAlCr.Sec |
Alcyonium digitatum with Securiflustra securifrons on tide-swept moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock |
A4.2143 |
| CR.MCR.EcCr.AdigVt |
Alcyonium digitatum and faunal crust communities on vertical circalittoral bedrock |
A4.215 |
| CR.MCR.CSab.Sspi.As |
Sabellaria spinulosa, didemnids and other small ascidians on tide-swept moderately wave-exposed circalittoral rock |
A4.2212 |
