EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MA6 - Littoral mud > MA63 - Baltic hydrolittoral mud > MA633 - Baltic hydrolittoral mud characterized by sparse or no macroscopic communities

Baltic hydrolittoral mud characterized by sparse or no macroscopic communities

Description (English)

Baltic hydrolittoral bottoms (with level fluctuations due to tide or weather) in the photic zone with at least 90 % coverage of muddy sediment. The sediment must contain at least 20 % of mud, silt or clay (grain size less than 63

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code MA633
Relation to Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

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Species mentioned in habitat description

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History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A2.8 Features of littoral sediment same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A2.861 Hydrolittoral muddy substrata: with little or no macrophyte vegetation same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A2.74 Methane seeps in littoral sediments narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A2.541 Hydrolittoral muddy substrates: with little or no macrophyte vegetation same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A2.74 Methane seeps in littoral sediments same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A2.541 Hydrolittoral muddy substrates: with little or no macrophyte vegetation same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 A2.541 Hydrolittoral muddy substrates: with little or no macrophyte vegetation same
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