EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MA2 - Littoral biogenic habitat > MA25 - Mediterranean littoral biogenic habitat > MA256 - Assemblages of the mediolittoral detritus biocenosis caracterised by temporal biogenic substrates

Assemblages of the mediolittoral detritus biocenosis caracterised by temporal biogenic substrates

Description (English)

These biocenoses consist mainly of detritus-feeding species which draw their nourishment from decaying vegetation and miscellaneous debris caught up in the shingle. It is characterised by two crustaceans, the amphipod Echinogammarus olivii and the isopod Sphaeroma serratum. These communities are exposed to alternating water submersion and emersion because of variations in the water level, and they are frequently moistened by wavelets.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA256
Relation to	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

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
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2010)	Large shallow inlets and bays	1160	Overlap	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Invertebrates Sphaeroma serratum

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Sphaeroma serratum		Invertebrates

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A2.13	Mediterranean communities of mediolittoral coarse detritic bottoms	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.13	Mediterranean communities of mediolittoral coarse detritic bottoms	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.13	Mediterranean communities of the mediolittoral coarse detritic bottoms	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.13	Communities of the mediolittoral coarse detritic bottoms	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.13	Biocenosis of the mediolittoral coarse detritic bottoms	same

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