Baltic offshore circalittoral mixed bottoms characterized dominated by barnacles (Balanidae)
Description (English)
Baltic offshore bottoms in the aphotic zone, below halocline/pycnoclinewith at least 10- 90 % coverage of hard (rock/boulders/stone) and 10-90 % soft substrata (e.g. muddy/coarse sediment/sand). Epibenthic crustacea cover at least 10 % of the seabed, and more than other perennial attached erect groups. Out of the epibenthic crustacean, barnacles constitute at least 50 % of the biomass.
Physical environment
Substrate is soft or crystalline rock, boulders or stones mixed with mobile substrates such as sand or coarse substrate. Depth is typically from 20 to 100 meters. Appears in all wave exposure classes. Salinity >3 psu.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code MD2313 |
|---|---|
| Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
| Legal text | Annex | Name in legal text | Code in legal text |
Habitat type relationship |
More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Reefs | 1170 | Narrower | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A5.6 | Sublittoral biogenic reefs | narrower |
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 | 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 |
