EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MC2 - Circalittoral biogenic habitat > MC24 - Black Sea circalittoral biogenic habitat > MC243 - Black sea circalittoral biogenic detritic bottoms with unattached Phyllophora crispa

Black sea circalittoral biogenic detritic bottoms with unattached Phyllophora crispa

Description (English)

Mixed sediments (shelly mud to pure shell debris) occurring within the circalittoral zone with a spherical form of the red algae Phyllophora (Phyllophora crispa sphaerica).

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code MC243

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

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Species mentioned in habitat description

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Other classifications

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
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 A4.6 Biogenic structures over sublittoral sediments same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A3.72 Sheltered Modiolus beds narrower
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
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