EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MB1 - Infralittoral rock > MB12 - Atlantic infralittoral rock > MB125 - Submerged fucoids, green or red seaweeds on low salinity Atlantic infralittoral rock > MB1254 - Fucus ceranoides and Enteromorpha spp. on low salinity Atlantic infralittoral rock

Fucus ceranoides and Enteromorpha spp. on low salinity Atlantic infralittoral rock

Description (English)

Permanently submerged lagoon fringes with dense communities of the wrack Fucus ceranoides and the green seaweed Enteromorpha spp. There is typically a very limited associated biota due to low salinity conditions, and may include the opossum shrimps Mysidae and the freshwater/brackish gastropod Potamopyrgus antipodarum.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MB1254
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)	* Coastal lagoons	1150	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]
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

Algae Fucus ceranoides

Invertebrates Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Fucus ceranoides		Algae
Potamopyrgus antipodarum		Invertebrates

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A3.344	Fucus ceranoides and Enteromorpha spp. on low salinity infralittoral rock	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A3.344	Fucus ceranoides and Enteromorpha spp. on low salinity infralittoral rock	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A3.334	Fucus ceranoides and Enteromorpha spp. on low salinity infralittoral rock	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A3.334	Fucus ceranoides and Enteromorpha spp. on low salinity infralittoral rock	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A3.334	Fucus ceranoides and Enteromorpha spp. on low salinity infralittoral rock	same
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	SIR.Lag.FcerEnt	Fucus ceranoides and Enteromorpha spp. on low salintiy infralittoral rock	same

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