EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MB1 - Infralittoral rock > MB15 - Mediterranean infralittoral rock > MB151 - Biocenosis of Mediterranean infralittoral algae > MB151K - Association with Cystoseira spinosa

Association with Cystoseira spinosa

Description (English)

This association is characterised by the brown alga Cystoseira spinosa. This is a perennial species whose thalli may be up to 20-50 cm. high. The compressa variety is localized in the lower infralittoral in limpid water with marked hydrodynamics. This variety, as well as the spinosa variety, cannot withstand an increase in sedimentation. However, the tenuior variety tolerates a certain instability of environment and is spread right through the infralittoral; in the eastern Mediterranean and the Adriatic it can replace Cystoseira sauvageauana and associate with Cystoseira brachycarpa and Cystoseira foeniculacea in the upper and middle infralittoral.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MB151K
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]
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 Cystoseira brachycarpa

Algae Cystoseira foeniculacea

Algae Cystoseira spinosa

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Cystoseira brachycarpa		Algae
Cystoseira foeniculacea		Algae
Cystoseira spinosa		Algae

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A3.23D	Association with Cystoseira spinosa	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A3.23D	Association with Cystoseira spinosa	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A3.25D	Association with Cystoseira spinosa	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A3.25D	Association with Cystoseira spinosa	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A3.25D	Association with Cystoseira spinosa	same

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