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 |
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Relation to | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Branchiostoma lanceolatum | Invertebrates | |
Chaetozone setosa | Invertebrates | |
Diastylis bradyi | Invertebrates | |
Iphinoe trispinosa | Invertebrates | |
Lanice conchilega | Invertebrates |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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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 |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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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 |