Baltic photic mixed substrate dominated by perennial non-filamentous corticated red algae
Description (English)
Baltic bottoms in the photic zone with more than 10 %, but less than 90 % coverage of both hard and soft substrata. Perennial algae covers at least 10 % of the seabed and more than other perennial attached erect groups. Out of the perennial algae, perennial non-filamentous corticated red algae constitutes at least 50 % of the biovolume.
Physical environment
Salinity range: moderate to high; Exposure range: moderate to high; Depth range: photic zone from about 3 meters.
Characteristic species
Furcellaria lumbricalis
Geographic range
Baltic Sea up to the Archipelago Sea in the north and central Gulf of Finland in the east
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code MB4332 |
|---|---|
| Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Algae
Furcellaria lumbricalis
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Furcellaria lumbricalis | Algae |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A5.5 | Sublittoral macrophyte-dominated sediment | narrower |
| European Red List of Habitats | BAL2 | Perennial algal communities (excluding kelp) on Baltic infralittoral rock and mixed substrata (predominantly hard) | narrower |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.5 | Sublittoral macrophyte-dominated sediment | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.556 | Baltic muds of the infralittoral photic zone dominated by macrophyte vegetation | narrower | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.554 | Baltic level gravel bottoms of the infralittoral photic zone dominated by macrophyte vegetation | narrower | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.557 | Baltic mixed sediments of the infralittoral photic zone dominated by macrophyte vegetation | narrower | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.5 | Sublittoral macrophyte-dominated sediment | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.555 | Baltic level sandy bottoms of the infralittoral photic zone dominated by macrophyte vegetation | narrower | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.5 | Shallow sublittoral sediments dominated by angiosperms | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4.5 | Shallow-water sediments dominated by angiosperms (other than Posidonia) | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A4.5 | Infralittoral sediments dominated by macrophytes | same |
