"M. membranacea" prefers shallow marine habitats between the mid intertidal to the shallow sublittoral. Below the low-tide mark is the sublittoral or subtidal zone. Members of the genus live in the lower littoral and sublittoral zones of rocky shores. This large sea snail is known to live in littoral and shallow sublittoral zones. It lives in the littoral and sublittoral zones. This is a sublittoral marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae. This murex occurs in shallow, sublittoral waters. These hagfish are found in the sublittoral zone. This species is present in sublittoral muddy sands. Corals can live in both zones, but they are more common in the sublittoral zone. Found at depths of 20-40m in the sublittoral zone. It is found in the sublittoral zone of the northern Atlantic Ocean. Clibanarius erythropus is a species of hermit crab that lives in rockpools and sublittoral waters. It is an inhabitant of the sublittoral zone. It is restricted to colder sublittoral waters, and reaches its southern limit in northern Spain.