EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MB6 - Infralittoral mud > MB65 - Mediterranean infralittoral mud > MB652 - Assemblages of the euryhaline and/or eurythermal lagoon biocenosis on mud > MB6525 - Association with Zostera marina

Association with Zostera marina

Description (English)

The association with Zostera marina develops in lagoons that are subject to wide ranges of salinity, on varied loose substrata, from sand to mud, near the entrances to lagoons (graus), even inside the lagoons, where it develops remarkably at greater depths than Z. noltei, in

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MB6525
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

Flowering Plants Zostera marina

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Zostera marina		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A5.5333	Association with Zostera marina in euryhaline and eurythermal environment	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.5333	Association with Zostera marina in euryhaline and eurythermal environment	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.533	Association with Zostera marina in euryhaline and eurythermal environment	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.533	Association with Zostera marina in euryhaline and eurythermal environment	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.533	Association with Zostera marina in euryhaline and eurythermal environment	same

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