EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MB1 - Infralittoral rock > MB15 - Mediterranean infralittoral rock > MB151 - Biocenosis of Mediterranean infralittoral algae > MB151W - Association with Cystoseira compressa

Association with Cystoseira compressa

Description (English)

This association is characterised by the brown alga Cystoseira compressa. Cystoseira compressa is not an indicator of either a mode or a well-determined level, since it is found, in the first meter, in both areas with strong wave action at mid-wave level and in sheltered areas. In the eastern Mediterranean, it is met, with Sargassum vulgare and Palisada perforata, at the outside edges of the vermetid platforms where Dendropoma cristatum forms kinds of pads.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MB151W
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

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
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Large shallow inlets and bays	1160	Overlap	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Reefs	1170	Narrower

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Algae Cystoseira compressa

Algae Sargassum vulgare

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Cystoseira compressa		Algae
Sargassum vulgare		Algae

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A3.333	Association with Cystoseira compressa	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A3.33	Mediterranean submerged fucoids, green or red seaweeds on full salinity infralittoral rock	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A3.333	Association with Cystoseira compressa	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A3.33	Mediterranean submerged fucoids, green or red seaweeds on full salinity infralittoral rock	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A3.34	Communities of infralittoral algae sheltered from wave action	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A3.343	Association with Cystoseira compressa	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A3.34	Communities of infralittoral algae sheltered from wave action	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A3.343	Association with Cystoseira compressa	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A3.34	Biocenosis of infralittoral algae sheltered from wave action	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A3.343	Association with Cystoseira compressa	same

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