Offshore circalittoral coarse sediment
Description (English)
Offshore (deep) circalittoral habitats with coarse sands and gravel or shell. This habitat may cover large areas of the offshore continental shelf although there is relatively little quantitative data available. Such habitats are quite diverse compared to shallower versions of this habitat and generally characterised by robust infaunal polychaete and bivalve species. Animal communities in this habitat are closely related to offshore mixed sediments and in some areas settlement of
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code MD3 |
|---|---|
| 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
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Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A5.15 | Deep circalittoral coarse sediment | narrower |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A5 | Sublittoral sediment | narrower |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A5.1 | Sublittoral coarse sediment | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.1 | Sublittoral coarse sediment | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.14 | Deep circalittoral coarse sediment | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5 | Sublittoral sediment | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4 | Sublittoral sediment | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.73 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral shell gravel bottoms | narrower | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.1 | Sublittoral coarse sediment | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.71 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral gravel bottoms | narrower | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.14 | Animals communities in deeper coarse sands | narrower | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.73 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral shell gravel bottoms | narrower | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.1 | Sublittoral mobile cobbles, gravels and coarse sands | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.71 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral gravel bottoms | narrower | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.14 | Animals communities in deeper coarse sands | narrower | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4 | Sublittoral sediments | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4.1 | Sublittoral mobile cobbles, gravels and coarse sands | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4 | Sublittoral sediments | 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 |
