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Marine Habitat Classification for Britain and Ireland

This site presents the national classification of sea floor marine habitats for Britain and Ireland. The expandable classification hierarchy below lists all types, from broad habitat level to sub-biotope level, in hierarchical order. The different levels in the hierarchy are colour-coded and are hyperlinked to the descriptions for each individual type.

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Source details

Licence: ["None"]

Evidence quality: 33.4

Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z

What's in it

Data offered docs-verified: sea floor marine habitat classification (national scheme for Britain and Ireland) · habitat types from broad habitat level to sub-biotope level
Coverage docs-verified: Britain and Ireland (sea floor) · 2015-03 (publication reference date)
Formats docs-verified: HTML · XML (metadata)
Access docs-verified: Open access; access constraints listed as None. Licence not set on the data.gov.uk listing.

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Assigning standard marine habitat codes to seabed survey and grab sample records · Habitat context for marine EIA and offshore consent baseline reporting · Checking habitat type naming for Habitats Regulations screening of marine sites
Audience llm-inferred: marine ecologists · environmental consultants · GIS analysts · planners

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred: Classification hierarchy only; DOCS describe a web hierarchy, not a downloadable habitat map layer · No spatial resolution or update frequency stated in DOCS · Reference date 2015-03 with last update 1 February 2020; later revisions may not be reflected

Evidence

Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.