EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MB5 - Infralittoral sand > MB55 - Mediterranean infralittoral sand > MB552 - Biocenosis of Mediterranean well sorted fine sands > MB5522 - Association with Halophila stipulacea

Association with Halophila stipulacea

Description (English)

The facies characterised by the seagrass Halophila stipulacea lives on soft bottoms with fine sands that are fairly enriched by fine particles. Colonies of Halophila stipulacea have invaded the Mediterranean as a result of the opening of the Suez Canal; they have been reported from continental Greece, the Cyclades, Crete, Rhodes, Samos, the Maltese Islands. Its phytosociological name: the Giaccone 1968 association with Halophiletum stipulaceae. It can be associated with Cymodocea nodosa, Caulerpa prolifera and Caulerpa racemosa. The epiphytic flora has been described; it is very typical of the phanerogams, by and large fairly poor, probably related to the fairly frequent renewal of its leaves. The fauna is probably made up of species met with among the photophilous algae, found in most phanerogam meadows. The sediment fauna is the same as that of the biocenosis of well sorted fine sands.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MB5522
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]
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

Algae Caulerpa prolifera

Algae Caulerpa racemosa

Flowering Plants Cymodocea nodosa

Flowering Plants Halophila stipulacea

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Caulerpa prolifera		Algae
Caulerpa racemosa		Algae
Cymodocea nodosa		Flowering Plants
Halophila stipulacea		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A5.5322	Mediterranean Halophila beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A5.532	Halophila beds	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.532	Halophila beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.5322	Mediterranean Halophila beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.522	Mediterranean Halophila beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.522	Mediterranean Halophila beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.52	Halophila beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.52	Halophila beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.522	Mediterranean Halophila beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.522	Mediterranean Halophila beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.52	Halophila beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A4.14	Halophila beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A4.142	Mediterranean Halophila beds	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.36	Temperate Halophila and Thalassia beds	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.362	Mediterranean Halophila beds	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.362	Mediterranean Halophila beds	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.36	Temperate Halophila and Thalassia beds	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.362		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.36		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.36		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.362		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	11.362		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	11.36		same

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