Sublittoral seagrass beds
Description (English)
Beds of submerged marine angiosperms in the genera Cymodocea, Halophila, Posidonia, Ruppia, Thalassia, Zostera.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code A5.53 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (A5) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 11.41 | Marine tasselweed communities | narrower |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 11.36 | Temperate Halophila and Thalassia beds | narrower |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 11.35 | Thermo-Atlantic Cymodocea beds | narrower |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 11.34 | Posidonia beds | narrower |
CORINE Land Cover | 5.2.3. | Sea and ocean | n/a |
Marine Habitat Classification Britain/Ireland 0405 | SS.SMp.SSgr | Sublittoral seagrass beds | narrower |
Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats (UK) | 43 | Seagrass beds | wider |
National Vegetation Classification (UK) | SM2 | Ruppia maritima salt-marsh community | narrower |