Traits:Distribution Descriptors
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Distribution Descriptors
Distribution Descriptors: Fields and traits that describe the distribution of the species.
Abyssobenthic (Abyssal) • Abyssopelagic (2500-6000 m) • Alpha-Mesohaline • Alpha-Oligohaline • Alpha-Polyhaline • Alpha-haline • Anchialine caves • Artificial (man-made) • Bathybenthic (Bathyal) • Bathylpelagic (1000-2500 m) • Bedrock • Benthic • Benthopelagic • Beta-Haline • Beta-Mesohaline • Beta-Oligohaline • Beta-Polyhaline • Biogenic reef • Brackish • Brackish • Burrow dweller • Cave • Circalittoral • Circalittoral offshore • Clay • Coarse clean sand • Coarse sediments • Cobbles • Crevices and fissures • Demersal • Depth • Depth in substratum • Depth range • Elevation • Enclosed coast or embayment • Endophytic • Endozoic • Environment • Environmental position • Epibenthic • Epifaunal • Epifloral • Epilithic • Epipelagic (0-200 m) • Epipelic • Epiphytic • Epizooic • Estuary • Exposed • Extremely exposed • Extremely sheltered • Features or other substratum • Fine clean sand • Freshwater • Freshwater • Gravel or shingle • Gravelly mud • Gravelly muddy sand • Gravelly sand • Habitat • Habitat Preferences • Hadobenthic (Hadal) • Hadopelagic (>6000 m) • Hard • Hyper-saline • Hyperbenthic • Ice-Associated • Immobile hard • Infaunal • Infralittoral • Interstitial • Isolated saline water (lagoon) • Large or very large boulders • Lithotomous • Littoral • Lower circalittoral • Lower infralittoral • Lower littoral • Lower littoral fringe • Macroalgae • Maerl • Marine • Marine • Medium clean sand • Mesohaline • Mesopelagic (200-1000 m) • Mid littoral • Mixed • Mobile hard • Moderately exposed • Moderately strong • Mud • Mud and sandy mud • Muddy gravel • Muddy sand • Muddy sandy gravel • Nektonic (nekton) • Neritic • Neustonic • Oceanic • Offshore seabed • Oligohaline • Open coast • Other species • Overhang • Pebbles • Pelagic • Physiography • Planktonic (plankton) • Pleustonic • Polyhaline • Province • Ria or voe • Rockpool • Salinity (regime) • Salt marsh • Sand • Sand and muddy sand • Sandy gravel • Sandy mud • Sea ice • Sea loch (Scotland), sea lough (Ireland) • Seagrass • Sheltered • Small boulders • Soft (sediment) • Splash zone • Spray Zone • Strait or sound • Strand-line • Strong • Sublittoral • Sublittoral fringe • Substratum • Supralittoral • Terrestrial • Tidal streams and water flow (range) • Tolerance • Type I • Type II • Type III • Type IV • Type V • Ultra sheltered • Under boulders • Under ice • Upper circalittoral • Upper infralittoral • Upper littoral • Upper littoral fringe • Vertical biological zone (or zonation) • Very exposed • Very sheltered • Very strong • Very weak • Wave exposed • Wave exposure • Wave sheltered • Weak
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