Mediterranean offshore circalittoral rock
Description (English)
The offshore rocky bottoms of the Mediterranean circalittoral, due to the extremely dim-light, are characterised by the absence of macroscopic plant life and by the dominance animal assemblages mainly characterised by sponges, corals, bryozoans, brachiopods or echinoderms. Found near the border of the continental shelf, this habitat, dwelling to 250 m depth.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code MD15 |
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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) | A4 | Circalittoral rock and other hard substrata | narrower |
European Red List of Habitats | MEDA4.27 | Communities of Mediterranean lower circalittoral rock | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A4 | Circalittoral rock and other hard substrata | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A3 | Sublittoral rock and other hard substrata | wider | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A3 | Sublittoral rock and other hard substrata | wider | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A3 | Sublittoral rock and other hard substrata | wider | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A3 | Sublittoral rock and other hard substrata | wider | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | X15 | Sublittoral rock (to 200m depth) | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 11.24 | Sublittoral rocky seabeds and kelp forests | narrower | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 11.25 | Sublittoral organogenic concretions | narrower | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 11.24 | Sublittoral rocky seabeds and kelp forests | narrower | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 11.25 | narrower | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 11.24 | narrower | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 11.24 | narrower | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 11.25 | narrower | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 11.25 | narrower | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 11.24 | narrower |