Atlantic infralittoral fluid mobile mud
Description (English)
Fluid mobile mud suspended and deposited on each tide. In areas with very high quantities of suspended particulate material in the water column it may become deposited around slack water when tidal currents fall. This can form fluid mud layers up to several metres thick (Warwick & Uncles 1980) becoming a transient habitat in its own right. Species present within this biotope will be those washed in from other communities such as Nephtys hombergii or Capitella capitata. This biotope may be under-recorded due to sampling problems, and also where sediment descriptions are absent from field data.
Situation: It may be found adjacent to; MB6-256, MB6-253 and to some extent MB6-252.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code MB6254 |
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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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Capitella capitata | Invertebrates | |
Nephtys hombergii | Invertebrates |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A5.324 | Infralittoral fluid mobile mud | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.324 | Infralittoral fluid mobile mud | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.327 | Infralittoral fluid mobile mud | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.327 | Variable or reduced salinity shallow-water fluid mobile mud | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4.33 | Variable or reduced salinity shallow-water fluid mobile mud | same | |
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland) | IMU.EstMu.MobMud | Infralittoral fluid mobile mud | same |