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Cymodocea beds

Description (English)

Formations of Cymodocea nodosa of the Atlantic shores of southern Iberia, northwestern Africa and the Macaronesian Islands.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MB5221
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)	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]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Cymodocea nodosa

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Cymodocea nodosa		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A5.531	Cymodocea beds	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.531	Cymodocea beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.51	Cymodocea beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.51	Cymodocea beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.51	Cymodocea beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A4.13	Cymodocea beds	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.35	Mediterranean Cymodocea beds (11.331) and Thermo-Atlantic Cymodocea beds (11.35)	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.331	Mediterranean Cymodocea beds (11.331) and Thermo-Atlantic Cymodocea beds (11.35)	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.331	Mediterranean Cymodocea beds (11.331) and Thermo-Atlantic Cymodocea beds (11.35)	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.35	Mediterranean Cymodocea beds (11.331) and Thermo-Atlantic Cymodocea beds (11.35)	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.331		wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.35		wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.331		wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.35		wider
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	11.331		wider

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