EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MB1 - Infralittoral rock > MB12 - Atlantic infralittoral rock > MB122 - Seaweed or faunal communities on Atlantic infralittoral rock > MB1225 - Seaweed communities on Atlantic infralittoral artificial hard substrate

Seaweed communities on Atlantic infralittoral artificial hard substrate

Description (English)

Exposed to wave action. It is characterised by a community of crustose algae.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MB1225
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)	Reefs	1170	Narrower	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

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A3.72	Infralittoral fouling seaweed communities	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A3.7	Features of infralittoral rock	overlap

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A3.7	Features of infralittoral rock	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A3.72	Infralittoral fouling seaweed communities	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A3.4	Caves, overhangs and surge gullies in the infralittoral zone	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A3.4	Caves, overhangs and surge gullies in the infralittoral zone	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A3.4	Caves, overhangs and surge gullies in the infralittoral zone	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A3.4	Caves, overhangs and surge gullies in the infralittoral zone	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A9.2	Infralittoral caves	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	12.7	Part of Sea-caves	narrower

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