EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > A - Marine habitats > A2 - Littoral sediment > A2.2 - Littoral sand and muddy sand > A2.25 - Mediterranean and Pontic communities of mediolittoral sands

Mediterranean and Pontic communities of mediolittoral sands

English name: Mediterranean and Pontic communities of mediolittoral sands

Description (English)

Mediolittoral sands are characterised by the annelids Ophelia radiata and Nerine cirratulus, the isopod crustacean Eurydice affinis and the pelecypod mollusc Mesodesma corneum. Coarse sands encourage the settlement of Ophelia radiata, and fine sands that of Nerine cirratulus, while Mesodesma corneum often avoids calcareous sands.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code A2.25
Bern Convention	Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (A2.2)

Legal status

Vegetation types

Species mentioned in habitat description

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Barcelona Convention 199812	II.2.1.	Biocenosis of the mediolittoral sands	source
CORINE Land Cover	4.2.3.	Intertidal flats	n/a

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

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.25	Mediterranean communities of mediolittoral sands	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.26	Mediterranean communities of mediolittoral sands	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.26	Biocenosis of the mediolittoral sands	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.23	Biocenosis of the mediolittoral sands	same

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