Baltic circalittoral mixed sediment
Description (English)
Baltic circalittoral bottoms in the aphotic zone with less than 90 % coverage of a certain substrate type. Mixed substrates comprise any proportion of mix of any substrate type of soft/mobile and/or hard/non-mobile substrates.
Physical environment
Salinity range: All; Exposure range: All; Depth range: Below photic zone ? more common on elevations.
Characteristic species
Blue mussels (Mytilus spp.), hydroids (Hydrozoa), Baltic tellin (Limecola balthica (Macoma balthica))
Geographic range
Whole Baltic Sea
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code MC43 |
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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) | A5.44 | Circalittoral mixed sediments | narrower |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.44 | Circalittoral mixed sediments | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.44 | Animal communities of circalittoral mixed sediments | wider | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.44 | Animal communities of circalittoral mixed sediments | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4.49 | Animal communities of circalittoral mixed sediments | same |