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6. Suberites virgultosus aggregation on circalittoral soft sediment bottom in the Baltic Sea.
DESCRIPTION: Documented from deep parts of Kattegat with mixed soft sediments consisting mainly of
mud and mixed mud-sand. Suberites virgultosus dominates in many places sometimes mixed with other
sponges. In other places brittle stars, like Acrocnida brachiata, and worms, like Arenicola marina, are very
abundant.
DEPTH: 110-135 m
TYPE OF SUBSTRATE: mixed soft sediments, mud and sand. In some areas with stones and boulders
Suberites virgultosus aggregations on circalittoral soft sediment bottom in the Baltic Sea
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