Division 7.11.2

The SCI comprises two main areas of reef that are almost entirely granite (Axelsson & Dewey, 2011; Birchenough et al., 2008); an area of reef fringing the coast (the Land's End part of the SCI – the coastal upstanding reef sub-feature) and an area of upstanding reef further offshore in a broad, arching crescent that is roughly aligned with the coastline (the Cape Bank part of the SCI – the offshore upstanding reef sub-feature). The offshore upstanding reef will be managed by the MMO. This area is kelp-dominated assemblage, bryozoan and hydroid turf communities, as well as areas grazed by echinoderms are present together with Ross coral Pentapora fascialis, the echinoderm Echinus esculentus and the rock-boring sponge Cliona celata (Birchenough et al., 2008a). Water movement by currents and wave action also encourages dense growths of sponges, sea squirts, anemones and soft corals (Irving, 1996)^f1.