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 |
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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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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 |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A5.53 | Sublittoral seagrass beds | overlap |