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Faunal communities in full salinity Atlantic infralittoral coarse sediment

Description (English)

Moderately exposed habitats with coarse sand, gravelly sand, shingle and gravel in the infralittoral, are subject to disturbance by tidal steams and wave action. Such habitats found on the open coast or in tide-swept marine inlets are characterised by a robust fauna of infaunal polychaetes such as Chaetozone setosa and Lanice conchilega, cumacean crustacea such as Iphinoe trispinosa and Diastylis bradyi, and venerid bivalves. Habitats with the lancelet Branchiostoma lanceolatum may also occur.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MB323
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)	Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time	1110	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)	Estuaries	1130	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]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Invertebrates Branchiostoma lanceolatum

Invertebrates Chaetozone setosa

Invertebrates Diastylis bradyi

Invertebrates Iphinoe trispinosa

Invertebrates Lanice conchilega

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Branchiostoma lanceolatum		Invertebrates
Chaetozone setosa		Invertebrates
Diastylis bradyi		Invertebrates
Iphinoe trispinosa		Invertebrates
Lanice conchilega		Invertebrates

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A5.13	Infralittoral coarse sediment	narrower
European Red List of Habitats	NEAA5.13	Faunal communities in marine Atlantic infralittoral coarse sediment	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.12	Infralittoral coarse sediment	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.12	Animal communities in shallow-water coarse sands	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.11	Animal communities in shallow-water gravels	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.12	Animal communities in shallow-water coarse sands	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.11	Animal communities in shallow-water gravels	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.12	Animal communities in shallow-water gravels	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.13	Animal communities in shallow-water coarse sands	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.13	Animal communities in shallow sands	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.12	Animal communities in shallow gravels	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A4.12	Animal communities in shallow gravels and sands	same
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	IGS.FaG	Shallow gravel faunal communities	narrower
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	IGS.FaS	Shallow sand faunal communities	narrower
MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland)	IGS.FaGS		same

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