Circalittoral mud
Description (English)
Circalittoral mud and sandy mud typically with over 20% silt/clay, generally in water depths of over 10 m. Sea pens such as Virgularia mirabilis and brittlestars such as Amphiura spp. are particularly characteristic of this habitat
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code MC6 |
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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) | A5.36 | Circalittoral fine mud | wider |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A5.3 | Sublittoral mud | narrower |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A5.35 | Circalittoral sandy mud | wider |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A5 | Sublittoral sediment | narrower |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.36 | Circalittoral fine mud | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.3 | Sublittoral mud | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.35 | Circalittoral sandy mud | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5 | Sublittoral sediment | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.74 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral muddy bottoms | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4 | Sublittoral sediment | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.36 | Animal communities of circalittoral muds | wider | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.3 | Sublittoral mud | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.36 | Animal communities of circalittoral muds | wider | |
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 200202 | A4 | Sublittoral sediments | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4.36 | Animal communities of circalittoral muds | wider | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4 | Sublittoral sediments | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4.3 | Sublittoral muds | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A4 | Sublittoral sediments | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | X16 | Sublittoral sediments | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 11.22 | Sublittoral soft seabeds | narrower | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 11.23 | Sublittoral pebbly seabeds | narrower | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 11.23 | Sublittoral pebbly seabeds | narrower | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 11.22 | Sublittoral soft seabeds | narrower | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 11.23 | narrower | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 11.22 | narrower | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 11.22 | narrower | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 11.23 | narrower | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 11.23 | narrower | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 11.22 | narrower | ||
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland) | SS | Sublittoral sediments | same |