EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > A - Marine habitats > A1 - Littoral rock and other hard substrata > A1.1 - High energy littoral rock > A1.13 - Mediterranean and Black Sea communities of upper mediolittoral rock > A1.131 - Association with Bangia atropurpurea

Association with Bangia atropurpurea

English name: Association with Bangia atropurpurea

Description (English)

This facies is characterised by a continuous belt of the red alga Bangia atropurpurea. This facies is also present in the mediolittoral zone of the western Black Sea during winter.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

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EUNIS habitat type	code A1.131

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Species mentioned in habitat description

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Barcelona Convention 199812	II.4.1.1.	Association with Bangia atropurpurea	source
CORINE Land Cover	4.2.3.	Intertidal flats	n/a

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

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