Baltic offshore circalittoral sand
Description (English)
Baltic offshore bottoms in the aphotic zone, below halocline/pycnocline with at least 90 % coverage of sand. Sand has less than 20 % of mud/silt/clay fraction (<63
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code MD53 |
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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) | A5.27 | Deep circalittoral sand | narrower |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.27 | Deep circalittoral sand | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.72 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral sandy bottoms | same |