Atlantic circalittoral biogenic habitat
Description (English)
Atlantic circalittoral biogenic reef communities. This complex includes bivalve reefs (e.g. mussel beds) and cold water coral reefs. These communities develop in a range of habitats from exposed open coasts to deeper offshore habitats and may be found in a variety of sediment types.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code MC22 |
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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
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A5.6 | Sublittoral biogenic reefs | overlap |
European Red List of Habitats | NEAA5.65 | Neopycnodonte cochlear beds on exposed and tide-swept circalittoral rocks and cobbles | wider |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.6 | Sublittoral biogenic reefs | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A3.72 | Sheltered Modiolus beds | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.6 | Sublittoral biogenic structures | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A3.72 | Sheltered Modiolus beds | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.6 | Biogenic structures over sublittoral sediments | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A3.72 | Sheltered Modiolus beds | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4.48 | Biogenic beds on sublittoral mixed sediments | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A3.72 | Sheltered Modiolus beds | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | A5.32 | Sheltered horse mussel Modiolus beds | same | |
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland) | SCR.Mod | Sheltered Modiolus (horse mussel) beds | same | |
MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland) | SCR.Mod | same |