EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MB6 - Infralittoral mud > MB65 - Mediterranean infralittoral mud > MB651 - Biocenosis of Mediterranean polluted infralittoral muds

Biocenosis of Mediterranean polluted infralittoral muds

Description (English)

Infralittoral mud in ports characterised by the proliferation of annelids, in particular Capitella capitata and Magelona papillicornis, and frequently with Scolelepis ciliata as a result of pollution or the decomposition of organic matter.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MB651
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)	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]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Invertebrates Capitella capitata

Invertebrates Magelona papillicornis

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Capitella capitata		Invertebrates
Magelona papillicornis		Invertebrates

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A5.3	Sublittoral mud	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.3	Sublittoral mud	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.3	Sublittoral mud	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.74	Animal communities of deep circalittoral muddy bottoms	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.3	Sublittoral muds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.74	Animal communities of deep circalittoral muddy bottoms	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.3	Sublittoral muds	same

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