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Map of the sites holding the search term ""Himanthalia elongata""

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…ying coralline and filamentous red algae. Less exposed areas support kelp with Himanthalia elongata overlying a similar community. Areas subject to strong water movement such as surge gullies and the areas between islets support a diverse under storey of sponges, sea squirts and…

Plymouth Sound Shores and Cliffs

…mely diverse with fucoid and red seaweeds and a distinct band of the thong-weed Himanthalia elongata. In crevices and, particularly under overhangs, the biota is dominated by an abundance of the gooseberry sea squirt Dendrodoa grossularia. This community is nationally uncommon. A…

Berwickshire Coast (Intertidal)

…th mussels, red algal turfs of Mastocarpus stellatus, Osmundea pinnatifida, and Himanthalia elongata and barnacle mosaics. These become mixed with the algae Fucus spiralis, F.vesiculosus and Ascophyllum nodosum in more moderately exposed to sheltered upper to mid shore locations.…

Giant's Causeway and Dunseverick

… coralline seaweed. Less steeply sloping areas commonly have abundant sea thong Himanthalia elongata, a seaweed exposed at low tide. Upper and mid-shore rock pools are frequent, often deep, with a range of green, fucoid and kelp seaweed present. Many of the rocks which are most e…

De Porth Sain Ffraid / St Bride's Bay South

…ellatus and coral weed Corallina officinalis, or brown algae such as thong weed Himanthalia elongata and serrated wrack, sometimes as single species bands. A number of animal species are found underneath boulders at Borough Head, including butterfish Pholis gunnelis, broadclawed …

Dale and South Marloes Coast

…lmaria palmata, carragheen Mastocarpus stellatus, and the brown alga thong weed Himanthalia elongata. On shores where bedrock slopes more gently or forms a platform, species such as serrated wrack Fucus serratus or bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus occur, with the non-vesiculate fo…

Arfordir Penrhyn Angle / Angle Peninsula Coast

…h as pepper dulse Osmundea pinnatifida and Mastocarpus stellatus and thong-weed Himanthalia elongata. Areas of bedrock and boulders at the mid-shore level are dominated by an encrustation of barnacles Chthalamus stellatus, C. montagui, Semibalanus balanoides, and limpets with a c…

Glannau Aberdaron

…ommunity is characterised by foliose red and coralline seaweeds with thong-weed Himanthalia elongata. The zone below this is dominated by dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and oarweed Laminaria digitata, with an understorey of red seaweed. Caves in the cliff at Porth Llanllawen suppor…

Glannau Rhoscolyn

…unities of kelp Laminaria digitata, dabberlocks Alaria esculenta and thong-weed Himanthalia elongata. Numerous small bedrock overhangs on the lower shore around Borthwen support the breadcrumb sponge Halichondria panicea, the sponge Hymeniacidon perleve, the hydroid Dynamena pumi…

Tyrella and Minerstown

…encrusting red algae. The brown algae oarweed Laminaria digitata and thong-weed Himanthalia elongata typify lower shores. Biogenic reefs of the honeycomb worm Sabellaria alveolata are present between lower mid-littoral and lower littoral boulders; these reefs also provide increas…

Skokholm

… degree of exposure. The sub-tidal fringe here is dominated by dense thong-weed Himanthalia elongata with an understorey of mussels Mytilus edulis and coralline algae. On the less exposed north-western side, kelp Laminaria digitata occurs with thong-weed over coralline and red al…

Galboly

…encrusting red algae. The brown algae oarweed Laminaria digitata and thong-weed Himanthalia elongata typify lower shores. Common invertebrates include the rough periwinkle Littorina saxatilis, the common perwinkle Littorina littorea, the flat perwinkle Littorina obtusata, and th…

The Gobbins

…rown algae oarweed Laminaria digitata, dabberlocks Alaria esculenta, thong-weed Himanthalia elongata and cuvie Laminaria hyperborea typify lower shores. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/gobbins-assi

Arfordir Abereiddi

…en moss Mastocarpus stellatus, pepper dulse Osmundea pinnatifida and thong-weed Himanthalia elongata. The mid to upper shores support encrustations of barnacles and limpets Patella sp., with patchy bands of pygmy lichen Lichina pygmaea above. Wider, more gently sloping areas of b…

Ramsey / Ynys Dewi

… dominated by coralline and red algae, occasionally with a canopy of thong-weed Himanthalia elongata. Less exposed lower shore rock and boulders are dominated by serrated wrack Fucus serratus with a variety of red algae such as carragheen Mastocarpus stellatus, pepper dulse Osmun…

Ynys Enlli

…cus vesiculosus var. linearis, is also found on the mid-to low-shore. Thongweed Himanthalia elongata grows on rock surfaces with a relatively sheltered aspect on the lower-shore, and is replaced by coral weed Corallina officinalis and other seaweeds forming dense, low turfs in mo…

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