Mixed coral assemblage on Atlantic upper bathyal
Description (English)
This biotope represents the extensive, mostly dead, framework of Lophelia pertusa that support a high diversity of species including various other corals such as Caryophylliidae, Stichopathes gravieri, Antipathella, Acanthogorgia armarta and Leiopathes. Other conspicuous taxa include anemone Phelliactis and encrusting sponges. This may be found associated with Lophelia pertusa reef summit or may form beneath escarpments where live colonies of Lophelia pertusag row but subsequently break off and form a rubble framework. The same assemblage is found in the mid bathyal but associated species are likely to vary. Characterising species listed refer to all mixed coral on Lophelia reef framework assemblages not just those found associated with the zone and substrate specified in this biotope.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code ME2212 |
|---|---|
| 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
Invertebrates
Lophelia pertusa
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Lophelia pertusa | Invertebrates |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A6.611 | Deep-sea Lophelia pertusa reefs | narrower |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.611 | Deep-sea Lophelia pertusa reefs | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.611 | Lophelia pertusa reefs | wider | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.611 | Lophelia pertusa reefs | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A5.131 | Lophelia pertusa reefs | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A5.11 | Lophelia pertusa reefs on circalittoral offshore rock | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | A5.41 | Lophelia beds on circalittoral offshore rock | same | |
| MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland) | COR.Lop | Lophelia reefs | same | |
| MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland) | COR.Lop | same |
