Revised Draft Classification of Benthic Marine Habitat Types for the Mediterranean Region

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Title	Revised Draft Classification of Benthic Marine Habitat Types for the Mediterranean Region
Alternative title	Barcelona Convention
Source	Barcelona Convention
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Journal Issue	Annex III
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Created	1998-01-01
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Identifier	5
Language	English

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A1.13	Mediterranean and Black Sea communities of upper mediolittoral rock
A1.131	Association with Bangia atropurpurea
A1.132	Association with Porphyra leucosticta
A1.133	Association with Nemalion helminthoides and Rissoella verruculosa
A1.134	Association with Lithophyllum papillosum and Polysiphonia spp.
A1.14	Mediterranean and Black Sea communities of lower mediolittoral rock very exposed to wave action
A1.142	Facies with Pollicipes cornucopiae
A1.143	Association with Titanoderma trochanter
A1.144	Association with Tenarea undulosa
A1.23	Mediterranean communities of lower mediolittoral rock moderately exposed to wave action
A1.231	Association with Ceramium ciliatum and Corallina elongata
A1.232	Neogoniolithon brassica-florida concretion
A1.233	Association with Gelidium spp
A1.234	Pools and lagoons sometimes associated with Vermetus spp. (infralittoral enclave)
A1.316	Association with Fucus virsoides
A1.34	Mediterranean communities of lower mediolittoral rock sheltered from wave action
A1.341	Association with Enteromorpha compressa
A1.44B	Association with Phymatolithon lenormandii and Hildenbrandia rubra
A2.13	Mediterranean communities of mediolittoral coarse detritic bottoms
A2.131	Facies of banks of dead leaves of Posidonia oceanica and other phanerogams
A2.25	Mediterranean and Pontic communities of mediolittoral sands
A2.251	Facies with Ophelia bicornis
A2.5511	Biocenosis of beaches with slowly-drying wracks under glassworts
A3.13	Mediterranean and Pontic communities of infralittoral algae very exposed to wave action
A3.131	Overgrazing facies with incrustant algaes and sea urchins
A3.132	Association with Cystoseira amentacea (var. amentacea, var. stricta, var. spicata)
A3.133	Facies with Vermetus spp.
A3.134	Mediterranean and Pontic facies with Mytilus galloprovincialis
A3.135	Association with Corallina elongata and Herposiphonia secunda
A3.136	Mediterranean and Pontic association with Corallina officinalis
A3.137	Association with Schottera nicaeensis
A3.23	Mediterranean and Pontic communities of infralittoral algae moderately exposed to wave action
A3.231	Association with Codium vermilara and Rhodymenia ardissonei
A3.232	Association with Dasycladus vermicularis
A3.233	Association with Alsidium helminthochorton
A3.234	Association with Cystoseira tamariscifolia and Saccorhiza polyschides
A3.235	Association with Gelidium spinosum v. hystrix
A3.236	Association with Lobophora variegata
A3.237	Mediterranean and Pontic Association with Ceramium rubrum
A3.238	Facies with Cladocora caespitosa
A3.239	Association with Cystoseira brachycarpa
A3.23A	Mediterranean and Pontic Association with Cystoseira crinita
A3.23B	Association with Cystoseira crinitophylla
A3.23C	Association with Cystoseira sauvageauana
A3.23D	Association with Cystoseira spinosa
A3.23E	Association with Sargassum vulgaris
A3.23F	Association with Dictyopteris polypodioides
A3.23G	Association with Calpomenia sinuosa
A3.23H	Association with Rhodymenia ardissonei and Rhodophyllis divaricata
A3.23I	Facies with Astroides calycularis
A3.23J	Association with Flabellia petiolata and Peyssonnelia squamaria
A3.23K	Association with Halymenia floresia and Halarachnion ligatatum
A3.23L	Association with Peyssonnelia rubra and Peyssonnelia spp.
A3.33	Mediterranean submerged fucoids, green or red seaweeds on full salinity infralittoral rock
A3.331	Association with Stypocaulon scoparium (=Halopteris scoparia)
A3.332	Association with Trichosolen myura and Liagora farinosa
A3.333	Association with Cystoseira compressa
A3.334	Association with Pterocladiella capillacea and Ulva laetevirens
A3.335	Facies with large Hydrozoa
A3.336	Association with Pterothamnion crispum and Compsothamnion thuyoides
A4.261	Association with Cystoseira zosteroides
A4.262	Association with Cystoseira usneoides
A4.263	Association with Cystoseira dubia
A4.264	Association with Cystoseira corniculata
A4.265	Association with Sargassum spp.
A4.266	Association with Mesophyllum lichenoides
A4.267	Algal bioconcretion with Lithophyllum frondosum and Halimeda tuna
A4.268	Association with Laminaria ochroleuca
A4.269	Facies with Eunicella cavolinii
A4.26A	Facies with Eunicella singularis
A4.26B	Facies with Paramuricea clavata
A4.26C	Facies with Parazoanthus axinellae
A4.26D	Coralligenous platforms
A4.321	Association with Rodriguezella strafforelli
A4.322	Facies with Lophogorgia sarmentosa
A4.712	Caves and overhangs with Parazoanthus axinellae
A4.713	Caves and overhangs with Corallium rubrum
A4.714	Caves and overhangs with Leptopsammia pruvoti
A4.715	Caves and ducts in total darkness (including caves without light or water movement at upper levels)
A5.138	Association with rhodolithes in coarse sands and fine gravels mixed by waves
A5.139	Facies with Gouania wildenowi
A5.235	Mediterranean communities of fine sands in very shallow waters
A5.2351	Facies with Lentidium mediterraneum
A5.236	Mediterranean communities of well sorted fine sands
A5.28	Mediterranean communities of superficial muddy sands in sheltered waters
A5.281	Facies with Callianassa tyrrhena and Kellia corbuloides
A5.282	Facies with fresh water resurgences with Cerastoderma glaucum and Cyathura carinata
A5.283	Facies with Loripes lacteus, Tapes spp.
A5.284	Association with Caulerpa prolifera on superficial muddy sands in sheltered waters
A5.285	Facies of hydrothermal oozes with Cyclope neritea and nematodes
A5.38	Mediterranean communities of muddy detritic bottoms
A5.381	Facies with Ophiothrix quinquemaculata
A5.39	Mediterranean communities of coastal terrigenous muds
A5.391	Facies of soft muds with Turritella tricarinata communis
A5.392	Facies of sticky muds with Virgularia mirabilis and Pennatula phosphorea
A5.393	Facies of sticky muds with Alcyonium palmatum and Stichopus regalis
A5.46	Mediterranean animal communities of coastal detritic bottoms
A5.461	Facies with Ophiura texturata
A5.462	Facies with Synascidies
A5.463	Facies with large Bryozoa
A5.47	Mediterranean communities of shelf-edge detritic bottoms
A5.471	Facies with Neolampas rostellata
A5.472	Facies with Leptometra phalangium
A5.515	Association with rhodolithes in coarse sands and fine gravels under the influence of bottom currents
A5.516	Association with rhodolithes on coastal detritic bottoms
A5.529	Facies with Ficopomatus enigmaticus
A5.52A	Association with Gracilaria spp.
A5.52B	Association with Chaetomorpha linum and Valonia aegagropila
A5.52C	Association with Halopitys incurva
A5.52D	Association with Ulva laetevirens and Enteromorpha linza
A5.52E	Association with Cystoseira barbata
A5.52F	Association with Lamprothamnium papulosum
A5.52G	Association with Cladophora echinus and Rytiphloea tinctoria
A5.52H	Association with Peyssonnelia rosa-marina
A5.52I	Association with Arthrocladia villosa
A5.52J	Association with Osmundaria volubilis
A5.52K	Association with Kallymenia patens
A5.52L	Association with Laminaria rodriguezii
A5.53131	Association with Cymodocea nodosa on well sorted fine sands
A5.53132	Association with Cymodocea nodosa on superficial muddy sands in sheltered waters
A5.53321	Association with Zostera noltii in euryhaline and eurythermal environment
A5.53322	Association with Zostera noltii on superficial muddy sands in sheltered waters
A5.5333	Association with Zostera marina in euryhaline and eurythermal environment
A5.5351	Ecomorphosis of striped Posidonia oceanica meadows
A5.5352	Ecomorphosis of "barrier-reef" Posidonia oceanica meadows
A5.5353	Facies of dead "mattes" of Posidonia oceanica without much epiflora
A5.5354	Association with Caulerpa prolifera on Posidonia beds
A6.31	Communities of bathyal detritic sands with Grypheus vitreus
A6.51	Mediterranean communities of bathyal muds
A6.511	Facies of sandy muds with Thenea muricata
A6.512	Facies of fluid muds with Brissopsis lyrifera
A6.513	Facies of soft muds with Funiculina quadrangularis and Apporhais seressianus
A6.514	Facies of compact muds with Isidella elongata
A6.52	Communities of abyssal muds
A6.621	Facies with Pheronema grayi
B1.22	Biocenosis of supralittoral sands
B1.221	Facies of depressions with residual humidity
B1.222	Facies of quickly-drying wracks
B1.223	Facies of tree trunks which have been washed ashore
B1.224	Facies of phanerogams which have been washed ashore (upper part)
B2.14	Biocenosis of slowly drying wracks
B3.116	Association with Entophysalis deusta and Verrucaria amphibia

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