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Assemblages of the slowly drying wracks biocenosis in Mediterranean supralittoral mixed sediment

Description (English)

Decaying algae and other plants (eg Salicornia spp, Posidonia) on supralittoral mixed sediments inhabited by a wide range of detrivores and their predators such as Amphipods (Orchestia), Isopods (Tylos sardous and Halophiloscia couchi), Gasteropods (Truncatella subcylindrica, Alexia mysotis, Alexia firmini and Ovatella bidentata) Centipedes, Pseudoscorpions, Coleoptera, especially of the genera Bledius, Diptera and Forficula auricularia.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA451
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 Forficula auricularia

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Forficula auricularia		Invertebrates

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	B2.14	Biocenosis of slowly drying wracks	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	B2.14	Biocenosis of slowly drying wracks	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	B2.14	Biocenosis of slowly drying wracks	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	B2.14	Biocenosis of slowly drying wracks	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	B2.14	Biocenosis of slowly drying wracks	same

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