EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MB5 - Infralittoral sand > MB55 - Mediterranean infralittoral sand > MB554 - Assemblages of Mediterranean euryhaline and/or eurythermal lagoon biocenosis on sand

Assemblages of Mediterranean euryhaline and/or eurythermal lagoon biocenosis on sand

Description (English)

Saline lagoons or occasionally in estuaries with sandy sediments where the salinity is variable over the short or long term (daily to annual). Characteristic species include Vascular plants (Ruppia cirrhosa, R. maritima, Stuckenia pectinata, Zostera marina, Z. noltei, Cymodocea nodosa); (Polychaete worms (Hediste diversicolor, Alitta succinea); Bivalves (Cerastoderma glaucum, Abra segmentum, Scrobicularia plana, Loripes orbiculatus, Gastrana fragilis, Tapes spp., Ostrea edulis); Gasteropods (Rissoa spp., Nassarius reticulatus, Cyclope neritea); Amphipods (Gammarus locusta, Microdeutopus sp.), Isopods (Lekanesphaera hookeri, Cyathura carinata, Idotea chelipes) and the shore crab Carcinus aestuarii.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MB554
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

Invertebrates Carcinus aestuarii

Invertebrates Cerastoderma glaucum

Invertebrates Cyathura carinata

Invertebrates Gammarus locusta

Invertebrates Idotea chelipes

Invertebrates Lekanesphaera hookeri

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Carcinus aestuarii		Invertebrates
Cerastoderma glaucum		Invertebrates
Cyathura carinata		Invertebrates
Gammarus locusta		Invertebrates
Idotea chelipes		Invertebrates
Lekanesphaera hookeri		Invertebrates

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A5.53	Sublittoral seagrass beds	overlap

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.53	Sublittoral seagrass beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.51	Cymodocea beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.52	Halophila beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.56	Posidonia beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.54	Ruppia and Zannichellia communities	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.53	Zostera beds in infralittoral sediments	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.51	Cymodocea beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.52	Halophila beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.56	Posidonia beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.54	Ruppia and Zannichellia communities	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.53	Zostera beds in infralittoral sediments	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.51	Cymodocea beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.52	Halophila beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.6	Posidonia beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.54	Ruppia and Zannichellia communities	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.53	Zostera beds in infralittoral sediments	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.51	Cymodocea beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.52	Halophila beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.55	Posidonia beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.54	Ruppia and Zannichellia communities	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.53	Zostera marina and Ruppia beds in sheltered infralittoral fine sand and mud	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A4.13	Cymodocea beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A4.14	Halophila beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A2.41	Marine tasselweed Ruppia and Zannichellia communities	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A5.35	Posidonia beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.41	Marine tasselweed communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.331	Mediterranean Cymodocea beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.36	Temperate Halophila and Thalassia beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.35	Thermo-Atlantic Cymodocea beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.34	Posidonia beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.41	Marine tasselweed communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.331	Mediterranean Cymodocea beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.36	Temperate Halophila and Thalassia beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.35	Thermo-Atlantic Cymodocea beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.34	Posidonia beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.331		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.34		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.35		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.36		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.41		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.331		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.34		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.35		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.36		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.41		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	11.331		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	11.34		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	11.36		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	11.41		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	11.34		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	11.35		narrower
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	IMS.Sgr	Seagrass beds (sublittoral/lower shore)	same
MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland)	IMS.Rup		wider

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