Description of Atlantic and Mediterranean low energy circalittoral rock
Identity:
Occurs on wave-sheltered circalittoral bedrock and boulders subject to mainly weak/very weak tidal streams. The biotopes identified within this habitat type are often dominated by encrusting red algae, brachiopods (Neocrania anomala) and ascidians (Ciona intestinalis and Ascidia mentula).
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