Multivoltine | Multivoltine |
Muscular Contraction (body length) | Muscular contraction (body length) |
MuscularAxialProboscis | Muscular axial proboscis |
MutualistMutualism | Mutualist (mutualism) |
Native | Native |
Native - Endemic | Native - Endemic |
Native - Non-endemic | Native - Non-endemic |
Native country and/or native sea area | Native country and/or native sea area |
Natural dispersal | Natural dispersal |
Nauplius | Nauplius |
NearThreatened | Near Threatened (NT) |
Nectochaeta | Nectochaeta |
Nekton | Nektonic (nekton) |
Neritic | Neritic |
Neustonic | Neustonic |
NoDiapause | None |
NoOviparousCare | No care |
NoViviparousCare | No care |
NonBrooding | Non-brooding |
NonMigratoryResident | Non-migratory (resident) |
NonSelfing | Non-selfing |
NonSolidCement | Non-solid; cement |
NonSolidParticlesComp | Non-solid; particles |
NonTerritorial | Non-Territorial |
Nonfeeding | Non-Feeding |
Not invasive | Not invasive |
NotEvaluated | Not Evaluated (NE) |
OSPARCommonIndicators | OSPAR Biodiversity Common Indicators |
OSPARListOfThreatenedAndOrDecliningSpeciesAndHabitats | OSPAR List of Threatened and/or Declining Species and Habitats |
OSPARRegionIArcticWaters | OSPAR Region I: Arctic Waters |
OSPARRegionIIGreaterNorthSea | OSPAR Region II: Greater North Sea |
OSPARRegionIIICelticSeas | OSPAR Region III: Celtic Seas |
OSPARRegionIVBayOfBiscayAndIberianCoast | OSPAR Region IV: Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast |
OSPARRegionVWiderAtlantic | OSPAR Region V: Wider Atlantic |
Occurrence | Occurrence |
Occurrence Not specified | Occurrence Not specified |
Oceanic | Oceanic |
Of concern | Of concern |
OffshoreSeabed | Offshore seabed |
Oligohaline | Oligohaline |
Omnivore | Omnivore |
OntogeneticMigration | Ontogenetic migration |
Oogamous | Oogamous |
OpenCoast | Open coast |
OpenEndedVentilation | Open-ended ventilation |
Ophiopluteus | Ophiopluteus |
OralPodia | Oral podia |
Organic | Organic |
Origin | Origin |
Origin uncertain | Origin uncertain |
Origin unknown | Origin unknown |
Other | Other |
Other impact - undefined or uncertain | Other impact - undefined or uncertain |
OtherSpecies | Other species |
Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space | Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space |
OvalCylinder | Oval cylinder |
Overhangs | Overhang |
Oviparous | Oviparous |
OviparousCare | Parental Care |
Ovoviviparous | Ovoviviparous |
Palps | Palps |
Papillae | Papillae or tube feet |
ParallelepipedRhomboid | Parallelepiped (rhomboid) |
Parasite | Parasitic |
ParasiticFeeding | Parasitic |
Parasitoid | Parasitoid |
Parenchymella | Parenchymella |
Passive | Passive |
PassiveDrifter | Passive drifter |
Pathogen/parasite or carrier of a pathogen/parasite | Pathogen/parasite or carrier of a pathogen/parasite |
Pathway/vector Other | Pathway/vector Other |
Pathway/vector Unknown | Pathway/vector Unknown |
Pathways/vector | Pathways/vector |
Pattering | Pattering |
Pebbles | Pebbles |
Pediveliger | Pediveliger |
Pelagic | Pelagic |
Pelagosphaera | Pelagosphaera |
Penicillate | Penicillate |
PermanentHermaphrodite | Permanent (synchronous) hermaphrodite |
Phagocytosis | Phagocytosis |
Phosphatic | Phosphatic |
Photoautotroph | Photoautotroph |
PhotosyntheticPigment | Photosynthetic pigment(s) |
Physiography | Physiography |
Physiology | Physiology |
PickingfromWaterSurface | Picking from the water surface |
PiercingToxic | Piercing |
Pilidium | Pilidium |
Pinnate | Pinnate |
PinnateBranching | Pinnate or branching |
Pisciform | Pisciform |
Plankton | Planktonic (plankton) |
PlanktonBiomassAndOrAbundance | Plankton biomass and/or abundance (PH2) |
Planktotrophic | Planktotrophic |
Plant introductions: accidental with deliberate plant translocations | Plant introductions: accidental with deliberate plant translocations |
Plant introductions: deliberate translocation of plant species | Plant introductions: deliberate translocation of plant species |
Planula | Planula |
Pleustonic | Pleustonic |
PlungeDiving | Plunge Diving |
Plunging | Plunging |
Pollination | Pollination (plants) |
Polyhaline | Polyhaline |
Pouncing | Pouncing |
Predator | Predator (Hunter) |
Present/controlled | Present/controlled |
Probing | Probing |
ProportionOfLargeFish | Proportion of large fish (Large Fish Index) (FC2) |
Protandrous | Protandrous |
Protogynous | Protogynous |
Protonymphon | Protonymphon |
Protozoea | Protozoea |
Province | Province |
PseudoArrhenotoky | Pseudo-arrhenotoky |
PursuitDiving | Pursuit Diving |
PursuitHunterCooperative | Pursuit hunter (co-operative) |
PursuitHunterIndividual | Pursuit Hunter (individual) |
PursuitPlunging | Pursuit Plunging |
QualitativeBodySize | Qualitative body size |
QuantitativeBodySize | Quantitative body size |
Radial | Radial |
Radulae | Radulae |
Rare | Rare |
Rare to common | Rare to common |
Rare to dominant | Rare to dominant |
Rasping | Rasping |
Rataria | Rataria |
Recorded in error | Recorded in error |
RecoveryInThePopulationAbundanceOfSensitiveFishSpecies | Recovery in the population abundance of sensitive fish species (FC1) |
Recreational equipment: accidental with recreational equipment | Recreational equipment: accidental with recreational equipment |
ReefBuilding | Reef-building |
Regenerator | Regenerator |
Reported | Reported |
ReproductiveFrequency | Reproductive Frequency |
ReproductiveSeason | Reproductive season |
ReproductiveType | Reproductive type |
Reticulate | Reticulate |
RiaVoe | Ria or voe |
Robust | Robust |
Rockpools | Rockpool |
RotationalEllipsoid | Rotational ellipsoid |
Salinity | Salinity (regime) |
Saltmarsh | Salt marsh |
Sand | Sand |
SandMuddySand | Sand and muddy sand |
SandyGravel | Sandy gravel |
SandyMud | Sandy mud |
Saprophage | Saprophage |
Scavenger | Scavenger |
Scientific research: accidental release with research activities | Scientific research: accidental release with research activities |
Scientific research: deliberate release with research activities | Scientific research: deliberate release with research activities |
SeaIce | Sea ice |
SeaLoch | Sea loch (Scotland), sea lough (Ireland) |
Seagrass | Seagrass |
SealAbundanceAndDistribution | Seal Abundance and Distribution (M3) |
Seaplanes: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms | Seaplanes: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms |
SearcherForager | Searcher/Forager |
SeasonalEnvironment | Seasonal (environment) |
SeasonalFeeding | Seasonal (feeding) |
SeasonalReproduction | Seasonal (reproduction) |
SedimentReworking | Sediment reworking |
SedimentSoft | Soft (sediment) |
SedimentSurface | Sediment surface |
Seeds | Seeds (plants) |
Seizing | Seizing |
SelfFertilizing | Self-fertilizing |
Semelparous | Semelparous (monotely) |
Semivoltine | Semivoltine |
SequentialHermaphrodite | Sequential hermaphrodite |
Sessile | Sessile |
Setose | Setose (Hairy) |
SexualReproduction | Sexual reproduction |
ShallowPlunging | Shallow plunging |
Sheltered | Sheltered |
Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms | Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms |
Ships: accidental associated with cargo | Ships: accidental associated with cargo |
Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins | Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins |
Ships: accidental with solid ballast | Ships: accidental with solid ballast |
Ships: general | Ships: general |
Shrub | Shrub |
Siliceous | Siliceous |
SimpleAxialProboscis | Simple axial proboscis |
SizeCompositionInFishCommunities | Size composition in fish communities (FW3) |
Skimming | Skimming |
SmallBoulders | Small boulders |
SmallTribePridePackPod | Small (tribe/pride/pack/pod) |
Snatching | Snatching |
Sociability | Sociability |
SocialGroup | Social group |
Solid | Solid |
Solitary | Solitary |
Sometimes present | Sometimes present |
Source country and/or sea area | Source country and/or sea area |
SpecialisedStage | Specialised stage |
Species Importance To Society | Species' Importance to Society |
Spermcast | Spermcast |
Sphere | Sphere (spherical) |
SplashZone | Splash zone |
Sponginous | Sponginous |
Sporogenesis | Sporogenesis |
SprayZone | Spray Zone |
Stacks | Stacks |
StandardLength | Standard length (SL) |
Stellate | Stellate |
StickyMucus | Sticky or mucus covered |
Stinging | Stinging |
StraitSound | Strait or sound |
Strandline | Strand-line |
Straplike | Straplike/Ribbonlike |
Strong | Strong |
StunAttack | Stun attack |
Sublittoral | Sublittoral |
SublittoralFringe | Sublittoral fringe |
Substratum | Substratum |
SubstratumHabitat | Substratum |
SubsurfaceDepositFeeder | Sub-surface deposit feeder |
SubsurfaceSeizing | Subsurface seizing |
Suctorial | Suctorial (sucker bearing) |
Support | Support |
SupportingStructuresEnclosures | Supporting Structures and Enclosures |
Supralittoral | Supralittoral |
SurfaceDabbling | Surface dabbling |
SurfaceDepositFeeder | Surface deposit feeder |
SurfaceDipping | Surface dipping |
SurfaceDiving | Surface Diving |
SurfacePlunging | Surface plunging |
SurfaceSeizing | Surface seizing |
SuspensionFeeder | Suspension feeder |
Swimmer | Swimmer |
Swimming | Swimming |
SymbiontContribution | Symbiont contribution |
Symbiotic | Symbiotic |
Tadpole | Tadpole |
Talons | Talons |
TaxonSpecificBodySize | Taxon specific body size |
TaxonSpecificBodySizeFish | Taxon specific body size: Fish |
TaxonSpecificBodySizeMacroAlgae | Taxon specific body size: Macroalgae |
TempRange | Temperature range tolerated |
TemporaryAttachment | Temporary attachment |
Tentacles | Tentacles |
Terrestrial | Terrestrial |
Territorial | Territorial |
TidalStrength | Tidal streams and water flow (range) |
Tolerance | Tolerance |
TotalLength | Total length (TL) |
Trapezoid | Trapezoid/Trapezium |
Traps | Traps |
TrendsInNewRecordsOfNonIndigenousSpeciesIntroducedByHumanActivities | Trends in New Records of Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) Introduced by Human Activities (NIS) |
TruncatedCone | Truncated cone |
Tubicolous | Tube dwelling (tubicolous) |
Turbinate | Turbinate |
Turf | Turf |
TypeI | Type I |
TypeII | Type II |
TypeIII | Type III |
TypeIV | Type IV |
TypeV | Type V |
TypicalSpeciesComposition | Typical species composition (BH1) |
UltraSheltered | Ultra sheltered |
Under10 | <10m |
UnderBoulders | Under boulders |
UnderIce | Under ice |
UnderwaterSeizing | Underwater seizing |
UnderwaterSwimming | Underwater swimming |
Unitary | Unitary |
Univoltine | Univoltine |
UpperCircalittoral | Upper circalittoral |
UpperEulittoral | Upper littoral |
UpperInfralittoral | Upper infralittoral |
UpperLittoralFringe | Upper littoral fringe |
UpwardsConveyor | Upward conveyor |
Variable | Variable |
Vegetation | Vegetation |
Vegetative | Vegetative reproduction |
Veliger | Veliger |
VentralBuccalOrgan | Ventral buccal organ |
VentralMuscularProboscis | Ventral muscular proboscis |
Vermiform | Vermiform |
VermiformAnnulated | Vermiform annulated |
VermiformSegmented | Vermiform segmented |
VermiformUnsegmented | Vermiform Unsegmented |
VerticalBiologicalZone | Vertical biological zone (or zonation) |
VeryExposed | Very exposed |
VerySheltered | Very sheltered |
VeryStrong | Very strong |
VeryWeak | Very weak |
Viviparous | Viviparous |
ViviparousCare | Parental care |
Vulnerable | Vulnerable (VU) |
WadinginShallowWater | Wading in shallow water |
Water abstraction or nuisance fouling | Water abstraction or nuisance fouling |
WaveExposed | Wave exposed |
WaveExposure | Wave exposure |
WaveSheltered | Wave sheltered |
Weak | Weak |
Whiplike | Whiplike |
Width | Width |
WidthOfDisc | Width of disc (WD) |
Wingspan | Wingspan |
Zoea | Zoea |