|Basic Information||Biotope classification||Ecology||Habitat
preferences and distribution||Species
composition||Sensitivity||Importance| Image Keith Hiscock - A
well developed overhang community with pendulous polyclinid
tunicates. Image width ca 1 m. Image copyright information
LR.FLR.CvOv recorded () and expected () distribution in Britain
and Ireland (see below) EC Habitats Directive |Habitat Directive
feature (Annex 1)||Reefs Submerged or partly submerged sea caves
Large shallow inlets and bays No species are identified that use
the biotope for shelter or food and are not anyway a part of the
biotope. Overhang habitats are a part of "Reefs" in Annex 1 of
the Habitats Directive and also occur in "Shallow Inlets and
Bays" and in "Estuaries". This review can be cited as follows:
Hiscock, K. 2002. Overhangs and caves. Marine Life Information
Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme
[on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United
Kingdom. [cited 27/05/2013]. Available fro