EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MA2 - Littoral biogenic habitat > MA23 - Baltic hydrolittoral biogenic habitat

Baltic hydrolittoral biogenic habitat

Baltic littoral habitats formed by animals such as worms, mussels or plants (salt marshes)

EUNIS habitat type	code MA23
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

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	Estuaries	1130	Overlap	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	Large shallow inlets and bays	1160	Overlap
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	Overlap
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	* Boreal baltic coastal meadows	1630	Overlap

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Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A2	Littoral sediment	narrower

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

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2	Littoral sediment	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2	Littoral sediment	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2	Littoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2	Littoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A2	Littoral sediments	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A2	Littoral (inter-tidal) sediments	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.28	Pebbly shore littoral communities	not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.27	Soft sediment littoral communities	not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.28	Pebbly shore littoral communities	not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.27		not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.28		not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.28		not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.27		not defined
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	LS	Littoral sediments	same