EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MA1 - Littoral rock > MA15 - Mediterranean littoral rock > MA151 - Biocenosis of Mediterranean supralittoral rock > MA1511 - Association with Entophysalis deusta and Verrucaria amphibia

Association with Entophysalis deusta and Verrucaria amphibia

Description (English)

Littoral rocks, mostly limestone, with the lichen Hydropunctaria amphibia (Syn. Verrucaria amphibia) and Cynaobacteria forming coloured belts. Characteristic species include Entophysalis deusta, Euraphia depressa, Fucellia maritima, Hydropunctaria amphibia, Ligia italica, Mastigocoleus testarum, Melarhaphe neritoides and Scytonematopsis crustacea

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA1511
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Large shallow inlets and bays	1160	Narrower	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Reefs	1170	Narrower

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Invertebrates Melarhaphe neritoides

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Melarhaphe neritoides		Invertebrates

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	B3.116	Association with Entophysalis deusta and Verrucaria amphibia	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	B3.116	Association with Entophysalis deusta and Verrucaria amphibia	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	B3.117	Association with Entophysalis deusta and Verrucaria amphibia	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	B3.117	Association with Entophysalis deusta and Verrucaria amphibia	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	B3.117	Association with Entophysalis deusta and Verrucaria amphibia	same

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