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2. Batial soft bottom dominated by Funiculina quadrangularis<br />
DESCRIPTION: In the Eastern Cantabrian Sea OCEANA has recorded batial areas dominated by<br />
Funiculina quadrangularis. They are developed always in soft bottoms, mainly muddy substrate although<br />
some areas are dominated by mixed mud-sandy sediments. The substrate is heavily bioturbated by<br />
burrowing megafauna with burrows and mounds. There is also other group that creates large<br />
concentrations in this continental shelf, the cnidarians Cerianthus membranaceus.<br />
DEPTH: 267 m<br />
TYPE OF SUBSTRATE: mixed mud-sandy sediments<br />
Funiculina quadrangularis fiedls batial soft bottoms in the Bay of Biscay<br />
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